[INVOCATION] [00:00:19] GRACIOUS GOD THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY. THANK YOU FOR THE BREATHED OF LIFE THAT WE ARE ENJOYING. LORD, AS WE CONDUCT COUNTY BUSINESS TODAY, I PRAY THAT YOU'D GIVE US THE WISDOM, THE KNOWLEDGE, THE UNDERSTANDING WE NEED TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR THE CITIZENS OF CLAY COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, GOD, TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. I THANK YOU, LORD, FOR ALL THOSE WHO HELP KEEP THIS COMMUNITY SAFE. FOR THOSE WHO MAINTAIN AND FATHER GOD ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE NEED THAT MAKES THIS COUNTY SO GREAT. PRAY THAT YOUR WILL WILL BE DONE TONIGHT. THANK YOU AND WE LOVE YOU, LORD, IN THE NAME OF JESUS I PRAY. AMEN. >> AMEN. >> ALL RIGHT. OUR VETERAN LED PLEDGE THIS AFTERNOON IS PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS TYLER SUMMERS. AND PETTY OFFICER SUMMERS HONORABLY SERVED OUR COUNTRY FOR 16 YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY WORKING AS A DAMAGE CONTROL MAN. PETTY OFFICER SUMMERS IS AN ORANGE PARK RESIDENT AND VOLUNTEERS HIS TIME TO SERVE OTHER VETERANS AS THE C.E.O. LEAD OFFICER FOR OPERATION BARNABUS. PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE AND YOU CAN SAY A FEW WORDS FOR US. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO TALK. IF Y'ALL DON'T KNOW ME I CAN TALK A LOT. HOW MUCH TIME WE GOT? >> NOT A LOT. >> FIRST OFF, THANKS TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYONE IN THE COUNTY THANKS TO THE SHERIFF. THANKS TO ALL THE FIRST-RESPONDERS AND OUR VETERANS AND EVERYONE HERE. I'VE BEEN A CLAY COUNTY RESIDENT FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS NOW. AND WHENEVER I GOT HERE, I INSTANTLY GOT INVOLVED WITH OPERATION BARNABUS IT'S CHANGED MY LIFE. NOT ONLY THROUGH MEETING PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY AND WALKING THROUGH LIFE WITH PEOPLE BUT JUST BEING ABLE TO MEET AND HAVE DIFFERENT MENTORS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW WITH OPERATION BARNABUS AS WE GO INTO DUVAL AND BAKER COUNTY AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND TRY TO WORK IN THAT AREA, CLAY COUNTY IS WAY, WAY AHEAD OF WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING FOR VETERANS. AS WE SERVE VETERANS OUT HERE WITH OPERATION BARNABUS EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT WE HAVE A MEETING AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR MENTORS AND TRYING TO HELP VETERANS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. WE MEET AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ORANGE PARK AND IT IS A MINISTRY WE'RE THERE TO LOVE GOD AND LOVE ON PEOPLE. IF ANYONE WANTS TO BE INVOLVED PLEASE GET INVOLVED AND ONCE AGAIN THANKS FOR HAVING US AND THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. [APPLAUSE] [CALL TO ORDER] I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE COUNTY BOARD COMMISSIONERS MEETING. LET THE RECORD REFLECT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT. [PET ADOPTIONS] NOW WE'LL MOVE TO PET ADOPTIONS. >> OUR FIRST DOG TODAY IS MAMA T A FEMALE MIXED BREED TWO YEARS OLD AND WEIGHS 49 POUNDS. MAMA T LOVES EVERYONE SHE MEETS. SHE IS DOG FRIENDLY AND SHE HAS HELPED WITH BUILDING THE CONFIDENCE IN ANOTHER DOG THAT IS SCARED OF THE WORLD. MORE THAN ANYTHING SHE LOVES HER PEOPLE. MAMA T IS UP-TO-DATE ON VACCINES AND SHE IS MICROCHIPPED. ALTHOUGH SHE IS HEART WORM POSITIVE HER TREATMENT IS COVERED BY THE ANIMAL SERVICES PLEASE CONSIDERING FOSTERING MAMA T THROUGH HER TREATMENT. NEXT SCOOPBY A NEUTERED MALE MIXED BREED THREE YEARS OLD AND WEIGHS 60 POUNDS. SCOOBY CAME TO US AFRAID OF THE WORLD AND WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH A LEASH OR A PERSON. THE STAFF WORKED HARD TO SHOW LIFE IS GOOD AND PEOPLE CAN BE [00:05:02] TRUSTED. SCOOBY LOVES COMING OUT ON A LEASH SNUGGLING AND LIVING THE DOG LIFE IN A POOL WITH HIS DOG FRIENDS. THIS IS WHAT DEDICATION LOOKS LIKE. HIS SMILE SAYS IT ALL. SCOOBY IS UP-TO-DATE ON VACCINES MICROCHIPPED AND HEART WORM NEGATIVE. COME MEET SCOOBY TODAY. OUR FIRST CAT IS A SPAYED FEMALE DOMESTIC SHORT HAIR AND ONE YEARS OLD. CLEO IS LOOKING FOR A HOME WHERE SHE CAN BE SPOILED WITH LOVE AND TOYS. SHE IS STICKING HER PAWS OUT OF HER CAGE TO FLAG DOWN SOMEONE TO STOTT AND PET HER. SHE IS UP-TO-DATE ON VACCINES AND MICROCHIPPED. AND A NEUTERED MALE. HE IS ONE OF MANY ADORABLE KITTENS WE HAVE FOR ADOPTION. HE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A HOME WITH ONE OF HIS SIBLING BUT LOTS OF TOYS ARE IN ORDER FOR THIS GUY. HE WILL STILL NEED BOOSTER SHOTS BUT HE IS UP-TO-DATE FOR HIS AGE WE ARE STILL IN NEED OF FOSTERS PARENTS FOR DOGS, CATS AND KITTENS. CONSIDER WELCOMING THEM INTO YOUR HOME TEMPORARILY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN OUR KITTEN CREW WE ARE LOOKING FOR FOSTERS. IF YOU WANT TO CALL OR CONTACT US CLAY FOSTERS AT CLAY COUNTY GOFF.COM AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR AMAZON WISH LIST WE ARE ALWAYS IN NEED OF ITEMS FOR OUR FOSTER KITTENS AND SHELTER ANIMALS. AND THAT COMPLETES OUR PET ADOPTIONS. >> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS JOIN ME IN FRONT [Promotion for Charles LeRoy to Deputy Chief] WE HAVE SEVERAL THINGS TO RECOGNIZE. WE'RE GOING CORDLESS SO WE DON'T TRIP ANYBODY THIS IS AN UPGRADE. THE WHOLE FIRE STAFF WOULD COME AND JOIN US UP HERE. WE HAVE A SPECIAL STAFF RECOGNITION. THIS AFTERNOON WE ARE CONGRATULATING ONE OF CLAY COUNTY'S FINEST FOR A PROMOTION. FIRE RESCUE'S CHIEF CHARLES LEROY WAS RECENTLY PROMOTED TO THE POSITION OF DEPUTY CHIEF OF ADMINISTRATION. AND THIS POSITION HE OVERSEES SUPPORT SERVICES WHICH INCLUDES LOGISTICS AND TRAINING. DO YOU WANT TO READ THIS OR DO YOU WANT ME TO? HOW ABOUT YOU IMPROVISE. I WILL TOOK THE MIC OVER. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. WE ARE PROMOTING CHARLES LEROY TO THE POSITION OF THE CHAIRWOMAN SAID DEPUTY CHIEF. IT IS REALLY THE POSITION JUST BELOW THE FIRE CHIEF'S RANKS IN THE DEPARTMENT. CHARLIE COMES TO THIS THROUGH A STRANGE TWIST OF FATE. CHARLIE WAS A CAPTAIN WORKING IN THE FIELD WHEN WE MOVED HIM INTO AN ACTING POSITION AS A BATTALION CHIEF AND BEING DILIGENT AS HE IS HE WAS WORKING ONE DAY TO CLEAN THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE, FELL OFF THE LADDER, I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE BECAUSE HE WAS HEAD OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS TEAM AND DID NOT HAVE A HARNESS ON AND SHATTERED HIS ELBOW AND WE QUESTIONED WHETHER WE COULD GET HIM BACK IN ANY CAPACITY. ALMOST LIKE THE CHINESE PROVERB WHEN SOMETHING GOOD OR BAD THINGS HAPPENS THIS WAS A TWIST OF FATE FOR THE GOOD FOR CHARLIE. HE WENT INTO THE LOGISTICS DEPARTMENT IN 2018 WAS PROMOTED TO BATTALION CHIEF DOING THAT AND HE LITERALLY HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BUDGETING OF THE DEPARTMENT AND ALL TYPES OF THINGS WITH IT. HE WAS THE GO TO GUY ANYBODY THAT WORKED COVID WITH CHARLIE KNOWS HE RAN THE SECTION DURING COVID. I REMEMBER COMING TO HIM IN AN EARLY DAY IN JANUARY OF 2000 I READ ABOUT THIS VIRUS THAT IS COMING AND WE NEED TO BUY ALL THE EQUIPMENT WE CAN FOR PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND EXECUTED THE PLAN AND THANKS TO HIS EFFORTS WE NEVER RAN OUT OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EVENT. CHARLIE IS A REAL STAR OF THIS AGENCY AND IT IS A PLEASURE TO PROMOTE HIM. DAVID IF YOU HAND THE BADGE OVER TO LORI AND LET LORI PIN AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT THEY ARE A FAMILY OF SERVICE BECAUSE LORI IS A DISPATCHER WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SO THEY HAVE FOR A LONG-TERM RANGE OF SERVICE TO CLAY COUNTY. BLOOD IS OK, LORI. >> SHE HAS TO WASH THE SHIRT. >> THAT'S TRUE. >> PROBABLY MAKE HIM TAKE IT TO THE LAUNDRY. [00:10:01] ALL RIGHT. SO NOW THE OFFICIAL PART RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. AND THEN IF YOU REPEAT AFTER ME. >> I CHARLES LEROY. >> DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POSITION OF DEPUTY CHIEF. SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE IN ALL ACTIONS AND DEEDS. I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THE LAWS OF ORDINANCES OF CLAY COUNTY. AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES, SERVE AND PROTECT THE CITIZENS AND VISITORS OF THIS COMMUNITY IN THE DISCHARGE OF MY DUTIES SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS CHIEF WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU. AND JUST COULDN'T BE HAPPIER FOR YOU. AND I KNOW YOU AND TALKED ABOUT THIS SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID A RIDE AROUND WELL EARNED AND WELL DESERVED. [APPLAUSE] [1.  National POW/MIA Recognition Day (September 15, 2023)] OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION TODAY IS FOR OUR NATIONAL POWMIA RECOGNITION DAY. NATIONAL RECOGNITION DAY IS SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2023. EACH YEAR THE THIRD FRIDAY IN SEPTEMBER IS SET ASIDE TO HONOR THOSE BRAVE AMERICAN HEROS WHO WERE PRISONERS OF WAR AND BOYS STILL MISSING IN ACTION. WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SPECIAL GUESTS WHO ARE HERE TODAY AND I'M GOING TO TURN THE MIC OVER TO COMMISSIONER RENNINGER AND HE IS GOING TO DO THE PROCLAMATION AND INTRODUCE THOSE WHO ARE HERE. AND WE JUST LOST OUR CLOCK. NOBODY PANIC. [LAUGHTER] DON'T WORRY. WE HAVE BACK UPS. >> WELL, CERTAINLY MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO DO THIS TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP OUR GUESTS HERE. COLONEL WILLIAM BURNS WITH YOUR LOVELY WIFE. CAPTAIN ED TURNER, JUNIOR TURNER COME UP. BUDDY HARRIS, COMMANDER BUDDY HARRIS. DAVID, AN ARMY GUY COME ON UP. JOHN ROURKE, SECOND CLASS JOHN ROURKE I DON'T SEE HIM HERE TODAY. AND PAM KING COME ON UP. ALISSA HERBERT. BRITNEY MASK. THERE YOU ARE. COME ON UP. ANSWERLE COME ON UP HERE. ANSEL COME ON UP. IT IS A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE DURING A WEEK OF REMEMBRANCE. LIKE I SAID IT GIVES ME GREAT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS NATIONAL POW AND MIA DAY WAS ESTABLISHED THROUGH A PROCLAMATION BY JIMMY CARTER AND SINCE THAT DATE EACH SUBSEQUENT PRESIDENT ISSUED AN ANNUAL PROCLAMATION COMMEMORATING THE THIRD FRIDAY IN SEPTEMBER AS THE NATIONAL RECOGNITION DAY THROUGHOUT AMERICAN HISTORY THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR ARMED FORCES HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND MADE TREMENDOUS SACRIFICES TO DEFEND THE LIBERTY OF OUR GREAT NATION. AND WHEREAS MANY OF THOSE BRAVE HEROS SUFFERED AS PRISONERS OF WAR DURING SEVERAL DECADES OF CONFLICTS AND MORE THAN 81,000 AMERICANS WHO FOUGHT IN THOSE WARS ARE STILL MISSING AND WHEREAS ON THIS DAY WE HEREBY HONOR ALL AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR AND EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR THE COURAGE AND DETERMINATION WHILE ENDURING TERRIBLE HARDSHIPS AND WE PAY TRIBUTES THOSE WHO DID NOT RETURN AND TO THE FAMILY WITH THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE FATE OF THEIR LOVED ONES. BE IT RESOLVED THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN CLAY [00:15:01] COUNTY FLORIDA, HEREBY DECLARES SEPTEMBER 15TH, AS POW MIA RECOGNITION DAY IN CLAY COUNTY. REMEMBER THE HARDSHIPS, EXPERIENCED BY PRISONERS OF WAR AND THE SACRIFICES OF OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN WHO NEVER RETURNED HOME. WE VOW THAT THEIR HEROIC ACTIONS WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLAY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SEPTEMBER 12, 2023. DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> THERE IT IS RECOGNIZING POW AND MIA AND CERTAINLY DALE VRABEL WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE TODAY BUT I THINK IS DOING A CEREMONY IN NASSAU COUNTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU KNOW WE RECOGNIZE SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY BUT I WANT TO GIVE RECOGNITION TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL PAM COME OVER HERE. PAM IS A DAUGHTER OF COLONEL OSCAR WHO WAS LOST IN LAOS FEBRUARY 15TH, 1966. ONE OF THE EARLIEST SHOOT DOWNS AND HE IS STILL AN MIA. SO SHE REPRESENTS THOSE WHO WILL NEVER FORGET AND BASICALLY DEVOTED HER LIFE TO THAT. SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR THAT. SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] AND WHO IS THE SPOKESPERSON? >> WELL, THANK YOU. AND CLAY COUNTY IS AWESOME FOR RECOGNIZING US AND THE VETERANS ALSO IN OUR COUNTY. AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT FROM ALL OF YOU. AND THE WHOLE COUNTY AND I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS SOMETHING THAT WAS SCRATCHED ON THE WALL OF FIRST CELL I WAS IN IN HANOI HILTON IT WAS SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHO SCRATCHED IT IN THE WALL I WILL NEVER FORGET IT IT SAID FREEDOM HAS A TASTE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT AND ALMOST DIED FOR IT THAT THE PROTECTED MAY NEVER KNOW. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> I PROMISED JB I'M ONLY GOING TO SAY ONE THING SO IT WILL BE A LONG SENTENCE. I AM ALWAYS VERY HONORED TO COME TO CLAY COUNTY I LIVE IN DUVAL. AND I HAVE BEEN TO SOME OF THE EVENTS HERE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HONOR VETERANS AND POWS AND MIA'S AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ARE NOT DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING HERE AND WHAT YOU DO FOR ALL OF US MEANS SO MUCH. I CAN'T EMPHASIZE IT ENOUGH. I DO ALSO WANT TO THANK THIS GIVES ME A CHANCE ONE OF MY SILVER LININGS I GET TO MEET POWS WHO HAVE COME HOME AND VETERANS AND BE A LITTLE PART AND AIR FORCE, NAVY WIFE BUT AIR FORCE DAUGHTER. AND THAT TRULY IS A SILVER LINING GIVES ME A CHANCE TO WELCOME THEM HOME AND SAY THANK YOU. I WILL HAVE TO SAY, TOO, IT'S ALSO A CALL FOR ACTION. NATIONAL POW AND MIA RECOGNITION DAY IS REALLY A DAY WHEN WE DO WANT TO REALLY STAY THE COURSE, KEEP THE INVESTIGATIONS GOING, KEEP THE MISSION ALIVE TO ACCOUNT FOR AS MANY AS WE CAN. THERE IS OVER 81,000 STILL MISSING. THEY WON'T ALL BE RECOVERED AND BE REPATRIATED TO THE COUNTRY THAT THEY LOVED SO MUCH. BUT WE'VE GOT TO TRY AND WE HAVE 1578 STILL MISSING FROM THE VIETNAM WAR. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> I'M PRESIDENT OF THE VIETNAM VETERANS CHAPTER 1059 IN CLAY COUNTY WHICH IS NAMED AFTER COLONEL BURNS. HE IS THE NAMESAKE OF OUR CHAPTER WHICH WAS DONE FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO. RECENTLY, I ASSISTED WITH THE POW MIA CEREMONY AT THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA CONVENTION IN ORLANDO A MONTH AGO. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I STRESSED AT THAT CEREMONY WAS PLEASE REMEMBER ALL THE ONES THAT ARE STILL MISSING. BECAUSE I RELATED -- BECAUSE I AM A PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT AND I RELATE IT TO THE GROUP THAT SAID WHAT WOULD MY SISTER MY FAMILY, WOULD HAVE REALIZED IF I HAD NOT COME BACK. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. LIKE PAM SAID, THERE ARE 1578 FROM VIETNAM MISSING. 81,000 MISSING. THE DEFENSE POW MIA GROUP CONTINUES TO FIND REMAINS. THEY JUST IDENTIFIED ONE THE OTHER DAY FROM WORLD WAR II. BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP AS A GROUP [00:20:07] TO KEEP FOCUS AND STAY, KEEP TRYING TO FIND THESE REMAINS. SOME WILL NEVER BE FOUND BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE THE EFFORT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] I'M BRITNEY MASK HERE ON BEHALF OF CONGRESSMAN AARON BEAN. HE IS IN WASHINGTON D.C. RIGHT NOW. HE DOES WISH HE COULD BE HERE WITH YOU ALL. BUT IT IS A PLEASURE FOR ME TO BE HERE ON HIS BEHALF. CHAIRMAN CONDON, COMMISSIONERS AND VETERANS AND GUESTS AND CITIZENS OF CLAY COUNTY I SEND MY CONDOLENCES FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON. 40 MILLION AMERICANS SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES. FROM YORKTOWN TO GETTYSBURG, FROM AMERICA'S SONS AND DAUGHTERS ANSWERED THE CALL TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS AND DEFEND THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY AT HOME AND ABROAD. EACH ONE HAD A DUTY TO SERVE BUT OUR DUTY IS TO REMEMBER. SO ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, NATIONAL POW MIA RECOGNITION DAY WE REMEMBER MORE THAN 500,000 PRISONERS OF WAR WHO ENDURED THE HORRORS OF ENEMY CAPTIVITY AND SERVED THROUGH THE SUFFERING AND TRAUMA. WE REMEMBER THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OUR BRAVE PATRIOTS WHO ARE STILL MISSING IN ACTION AND HAVE YET TO RETURN HOME SAFELY TO THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES. FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA THOUSANDS OF CEREMONIES WILL TAKE PLACE. MOMENTS OF SILENCE WILL BE HELD. AMERICANS WILL GATHER TO HONOR THE LIVES AND DEEDS OF OUR GREATEST HEROS IN CHURCH YARDS, NATIONAL CEMETERIES AND TOWN SQUARES AND A FLAG WILL FLY PROUDLY AND AND NOWHERE IS THIS RECOGNITION MORE IMPORTANT THANTH CLAY COUNTY WHERE THE FLAG IN HONOR OF HER HUSBAND NAVY PILOT MICHAEL HOFF MISSING IN ACTION. OUR PATRIOTS DESERVE A SPECIAL PLACE OF HONOR BECAUSE OF THEIR SELFLESS DEDICATION AND VALOR AND DEVOTION TO OUR NATION'S VALUES. AND IT MAKES SENSE TO BE HERE ON THE FIRST COAST. I INTRODUCED LEGISLATION WHICH WILL DESIGNATE THE POW AND MIA MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM AS A NATIONAL LANDMARK TO HONOR, CONNECT AND INSPIRE AND EDUCATE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OF THE PRISONERS OF WAR AND THOSE MISSING IN ACTION. THIS MEMORIAL WILL GIVE AMERICANS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE SACRIFICE MADE BY OUR POWS AND SERVE AS A POWERFUL REMINDER OF THE SERVICE MEMBERS WHOSE FATES ARE UNKNOWN. WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO REPAY OUR DEBT TO THOSE GIVEN THEIR LAST MEASURE OF DEVOTION FOR THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA BUT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO OUR DUTY TO REMEMBER. SO ON POW AND MIA RECOGNITION DAY WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES WITH A GRATEFUL HEART SALUTE THOSE WHO ENDURED GREAT DANGERS. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA. [APPLAUSE] THESE ARE HIS POW TAGS. >> OK WE HAVE A POW MIA TABLE OUTSIDE OF THE BOARDROOM THIS AFTERNOON AND SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU STOP AND SEE THAT ON YOUR WAY OUT. >> WANT TO INTRODUCE CAPTAIN ED TURNER WHO IS HEAD OF I THINK YOU'RE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE POW MIA MUSEUM MEMORIAL AT CECIL COMMERCE CENTER. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS TRULY AN HONOR. AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE POW MIA MEMORIAL THAT WE ARE BUILDING HERE IN NEAR JACKSONVILLE THIS IS QUITE THE HONOR TO BE HERE WITH IN CLAY COUNTY BECAUSE I SERVED MOST OF MY TIME HERE SINCE 1983, 30 YEARS I THINK I SPENT MOST OF THE TIME LIVING IN CLAY COUNTY. THIS IS A HOME THAT I THINK WILL BE TRULY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE POW MIA STORY. AND THERE'S SO MUCH, SO MANY STORIES TO TELL AS PAM MENTIONED THERE'S 81,000 MIA'S AND WE ARE BRINGING THAT MEMORIAL HERE THE FIRST ONE IN THE COUNTRY. THE NATIONAL POW MIA MEMORIAL AND WE THINK THAT THERE IS NO [00:25:02] BETTER PLACE THAN HERE IN JACKSONVILLE FOR THAT MEMORIAL. ON BEHALF OF THE HOFF FAMILY AND ALL THOSE THAT SERVED THIS IS REALLY TRULY VETERANS AREA AND SO MANY HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES AS GROVER CLEVELAND SAID HE SAID A NATION THAT FORGETS THOSE WHO SERVED AND HONORED WILL ITSELF BE FORGOTTEN. AND THIS IS A GREAT CEREMONY AND I APPRECIATE THE PROCLAMATION FROM CLAY COUNTY. AND THIS WILL KEEP THE STORY GOING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES. [APPLAUSE] [2.  BASCA Awareness Week] OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION THIS AFTERNOON IS TO HONOR WAS KA AWARENESS WEEK, BUILDING ABILITIES FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN AND ADULTS. THIS EXCEPTIONAL ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN SERVING CLAY COUNTY RESIDENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DIFFERENCES FOR 28 YEARS. PATRICE SHERMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE AWARENESS WEEK. JOIN US UP FRONT. COMMISSIONER COMPERE IS GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION. >> WHEREAS WAS KA IS AN ACRONYM FOR BUILDING ABILITIES OF SPECIAL CHILDREN AND ADULTS AND WHEREAS WAS KA WAS ORGANIZED IN 1995 TO IMPROVE THE CALL OF LIFE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND IS CELEBRATING 28 YEARS OF SERVING ADULTS WITH DIFFERENCES IN CLAY COUNTY. AND WHEREAS IT AIMS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DIFFERENCES THROUGH THE OPERATION OF FOUR GROUP HOMES IN ORANGE PARK AND FLEMING ISLAND BY PROVIDING DAY MANY PRACTICES AT THE ARTS AND EDUCATION CENTER IN ORANGE PARK. AND BY PROVIDING IN-HOME SUPPORT SERVICES AND TRANSPORTATION SO THOSE THAT SERVES MAY PARTICIPATE IN ALL ASPECTS OF SOCIETY. AND WHEREAS THE WORK BASS KA DOES EVERYDAY IMPROVES OUR COUNTY BY ENHANCING SKILLS AND FOSTERING CONFIDENCE OF THOSE WITH INTELLECTUAL DIFFERENCES TO ENTER THE JOB MARKET BE A VALUED PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND HELP OTHERS BY VOLUNTEERING. AND WHEREAS BASS KA HOLDS VARIOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR INCLUDING THE CAPABILITIES 5K RUN, WALK, AND ROLL TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 23, AND BASS KA AWARENESS WEEK RECOGNIZES THE THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER TO CELEBRATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ABILITIES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES WHO LIVE WORK AND PARTICIPATE IN CLAY COUNTY LIFE. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY FLORIDA DOES PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 17-23 OF 2023 AS BASS KA AWARENESS WEEK IN CLAY COUNTY AND ENCOURAGES THE RESIDENTS OF CLAY COUNTY TO OFFER SUPPORT AND LOVE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH UNIQUE ABILITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY SO THEY MAY LEAD REWARDING AND FULFILLING LIVES. DUAL ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLAY COUNTY OF FLORIDA THIS 12TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER. DO I HAVE A MOTION? A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> MOTION CARRIES. CON GRATES CONGRATS. THANK YOU. >> ALTHOUGH YOU SAID EVERYTHING IN THIS RELY GREAT PROCLAMATION WE THANK CLAY COUNTY AND THE [00:30:02] COMMISSIONERS FOR ALL THE SUPPOSE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US FOR THE LAST 28 YEARS AND WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY AT THE BASS KA 5K THIS WEEKEND. NEXT WEEKEND. NEXT WEEKEND. THANK YOU, GUYS. [APPLAUSE] [3.  Proclamation honoring Dr. Peter J. Gianas and Resolution designating a portion of SR 230 in Clay County, Florida, as the "Dr. Peter J. Gianas Memorial Highway".] OUR LAST PROCLAMATION THIS AFTERNOON IS ALSO VERY SPECIAL. WE ARE HONORING A REAL PILLAR IN THE WHOLE NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA AREA. SO DR. PETER J. GIANAS SERVED HIS COMMUNITY AS AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL PHYSICIAN FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS AND WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF HEALTH OPERATIONS FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND FOR MANY LOCAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS IN NORTH FLORIDA. HE SERVED AS THE CLAY COUNTY MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS AND PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN TRAINING PARAMEDICS IN ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT TECHNIQUES. WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR PETER J. GIANAS WITH A PROCLAMATION HIGHLIGHTING HIS SERVICE TO CLAY COUNTY. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF HIS CLOSE FRIENDS IN THE AUDIENCE I KNOW WE HAVE ALLEN AND SCOTTY. WHO ARE HERE TO ACCEPT ON BEHALF OF HIS FAMILY AS WELL AS ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME UP. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF KINGSLY LAKE FRIENDS AND OUR FIRE CHIEFS AS WELL FOR WHAT HE MEANT TO CLAY COUNTY. WELCOME EVERYBODY WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY. I HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO READ. WHEREAS DR. PETER J. GIANAS HAD A BRILLIANT MIND AND COMPASSIONATE SOUL HE LOVED PRACTICING MEDICINE BECAUSE HE LOVED CARING FOR PEOPLE. AND HIS LIFE'S PURSUIT LED HIM TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SYSTEM OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE IN THE NORTH FLORIDA REGION. AND WHEREAS DR. PETER J. GIANAS SERVED HIS COMMUNITY AS AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS AND WAS A INTEGRAL PART FOR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND MEDICAL PROGRAMS, AND WHEREAS DR. PETER J. GIANAS SERVED AS THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR CLAY COUNTY FIRE RESCUE FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS HE OVERSAW A REWRITE OF THE EMS STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AND WHEREAS DR. PETER J. GIANAS SERVED AS THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR FIRE RESCUE, BRADFORD RESCUE AND EMS, UNION COUNTY, GILCHRIST COUNTY FIRE RESCUE AND START FIRE RESCUE AND PROVIDED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRAINING THROUGH THE SANTA FE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER AND INTERNATIONAL TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT BOARD. AND WHEREAS DR. PETER J. GIANAS WAS A LIFELONG LEARNER AND GIFTED TEACHER WHO WORKED WITH STATE AND RURAL EMS ORGANIZATIONS AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN TRAINING EMT'S AND PARAMEDICS THROUGHOUT THE REGION IN ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT TECHNIQUES AND DEVELOPING AN ADVANCED AIRWAY TRAINING COURSE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND THAT STILL BENEFITS OUR PARAMEDICS TODAY. AND WHEREAS DR. PETER J. GIANAS OR DR. G AS HE WAS CALLED LOVED HIS AREA OF THE STATE AND LIVED IN CLAY COUNTY FLORIDA UNTIL OF JULY OF 2021 WHEN HE PASSED AWAY FROM ILLNESS. BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLAY COUNTY FLORIDA HONORS THE LIFETIME OF SERVICE OF PETER J. GIANAS MD. AND IN SO DOING RECOGNIZES THE INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS HE MADE TO EMERGENCY MEDICINE IN CLAY COUNTY AND THE ENTIRE NORTH FLORIDA REGION. ADOPTED BY CLAY COUNTY FLORIDA THIS 12TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2023. AND DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. AND CONGRATULATIONS. IT IS A PROCLAMATION THAT I KNOW A LOT OF HIS SUPPORTERS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR AND WE'RE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO BRING IT TO YOU TODAY. >> SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE WE ALSO HAVE CHIEF CARTER HERE FROM BRADFORD COUNTY. I DON'T KNOW ALL OF YOU SO I KNOW YOU ARE ALL SPECIAL IN YOUR OWN RIGHT BUT I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE CHIEF CASTERRER THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I WILL LET BOTH MR. PARISH AND MR. TAYLOR SAY A FEW WORDS AND WE HAD A SECOND RESOLUTION IF YOU WILL STICK AROUND AND THEN [00:35:03] WE'LL TAKE PICTURES. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.% IT IS AN HONOR ANYTIME THAT WE CAN REPRESENT DR. PETER J. GIANAS AND I WAS THINKING AS THE CROWD WAS COMING IN ABSENT OF SHEALY AND KILAH AND PROBABLY RODNEY, I THINK ALL OF HIS CLOSEST LOCAL PEOPLE ARE HERE TONIGHT. AND THAT'S JUST THE TESTAMENT TO WHO HE WAS AND WHAT HE MEANT. AND I WON'T GET LONG-WINDED BUT IT IS AN HONOR VERY FITTING THAT CLAY COUNTY PROVIDE THIS PROCLAMATION. VERY FITTING BECAUSE IF YOU HAD TO HAVE EMERGENCY SERVICES COME TO YOU IN THE LAST 30 YEARS PLUS, IN CLAY COUNTY, THERE IS A CHANCE HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT DR. PETER J. GIANAS' INFLUENCE WAS AT YOUR BEDSIDE. BETWEEN THE TRAINING THAT HE PROVIDED AND THE PROVIDERS THAT HE TRAINED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. AND THAT LEGACY WILL CONTINUE FOR MANY YEARS AS THOSE FOLKS ARE CONTINUING TO TRAIN AND USE HIS INFLUENCE. ON BEHALF OF HIS FAMILY, UP IN NEW YORK, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND THEY ARE HONORED AS WELL AND COULD NOT BE HERE BUT ON BEHALF OF HIS FAMILY, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> DR. PETER J. GIANAS WAS TRULY A GOOD MAN AND A GREAT PHYSICIAN. ONE STORY ABOUT HIM QUICK STORY WAS THAT IN MARCH OF 1981, DR. PETER J. GIANAS WAS DOING HIS CLINICAL ROTATIONS FOR HIS RESIDENCY AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON D.C. WHEN THROUGH THE DOOR AS HE TOLD IT, THROUGH THE EMERGENCY ROOM DOORS CAME MEN WITH MACHINE GUNS, DRAGGING THIS MAN WITH HIS FEET DRAGGING THE FLOOR INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. AND SAID WE NEED A DOCTOR. AND THE NURSE SAID WHO IS IT WHAT HAPPENED? HE SAYS SECRET SERVICEMEN SAID HE'S BEEN SHOT. WHO IS HE? THE PRESIDENT. >> THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES RONALD REAGAN. WHEN HE BROUGHT HIM IN THERE SAID DR. PETE SAID WHEN WITHIN 10 MINUTES EVERYBODY WAS SOMEBODY IN THAT HOSPITAL WAS DOWN IN THAT ER AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. WHAT DID YOU GET TO DO? DID YOU GET TO PUT THE CHEST TUBE IN. ALL I GOT TO DO WAS START THE IV ON HIM. HE DID AID WHEN NEEDED MOST WHEN WAS REAGAN WAS FIRST SHOT. SO THAT'S MY STORY ABOUT DR. PETER J. GIANAS THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. >> I'M SURE THERE ARE LOTS OF STORIES WE COULD SHARE BUT FOR THE INTERESTS OF TIME, FIND SOMEBODY IF YOU WANT A GREAT STORY. THAT IS UP HERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE GREAT ONES. THE SECOND PART OF OUR RESOLUTION TODAY SCOTTY CALLED ME NOT TOO LONG AFTER WE LOST DR. G AND ASKED ME TO START WORKING ON THIS BRADFORD COUNTY PASSED THE SAME RESOLUTION. WE'RE GOING WITH THE HOPEFULLY DON'T HAVE TO ASK FORGIVENESS. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A RESOLUTION THIS AFTERNOON APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO HAVE A PORTION OF THE STATE ROAD 230 WHICH WE SOMETIMES CALL COUNTY ROAD 230 BY KINGSLY LAKE GOING FROM KINGSLY LAKE WEST TO BETWEEN STATE ROAD 16 WEST AND THE CLAY COUNTY LINE, AS THE DR. PETER J. GIANAS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. IN HONOR OF HIS DECADES OF LIFE-SAVING SERVICE TO CLAY COUNTY. DO WE HAVE THE SIGN? SO WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS SIGN FOR THIS WILL GO UP ON THE ROADWAY AS WELL AS WE HAVE ONE FOR HIS FAMILY. SO IF I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND THEN WE CAN APPROVE THAT WE WOULD DESIGNATE THAT SECTION OF ROADWAY AS THE DR. PETER J. GIANAS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY IN CLAY COUNTY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES 5-0. [APPLAUSE] [00:40:17] [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH US. THOSE WERE IMPORTANT PROCLAMATIONS TO MAKE. NEXT WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS. WE HAVE OUR SHERIFF HERE DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO BRING US THIS AFTERNOON? SHERIFF? NOTHING. OK. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. NO, NO, NO. WE LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY. COMMISSIONER IS ASKING FOR COOKIES. >> ASK HER TO BRING SOMETHING. >> UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T ACCEPT GIFTS. I DIDN'T SEE ANY OTHERS WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS IN A MINUTE. CLERK GREEN DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING BESIDES YOUR INVESTMENT [4.  Investment Committee Update (A. Bramlitt)] UPDATE? >> NO, MA'AM NOT AT THIS TIME. >> MS. AMY? >> OK. THE INVESTMENT UPDATE. THIS IS THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENTS UPDATE THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING EVERY QUARTER NOW FOR A FEW YEARS. AND JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE. WE DO MEET QUARTERLY AND WE MET AT THE END OF LAST MONTH. SO WE HAVE COME IN AND LOOKED AT WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AND THE RESULTS. TO GIVE EVERYBODY A MARKET UPDATE, THE FEDERAL RESERVE DID RAISE THE TARGETED DISCOUNT RATE FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE RATE FOR BANKS ANOTHER 25 BASIS POINTS. THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO TARGET INFLATION AND YOU CAN SEE THAT FIRST BULLET POINT IT HAS BEEN COMING DOWN. SO THEIR INCREASE IN INTEREST RATES WHICH RIGHT NOW IS RANGING BETWEEN 5 AND A QUARTER AND 5.5% FOR THE BANKS BORROWING RATES AND YOU CAN SEE THAT AS OF JULY INFLATION WAS 3.2%. HOWEVER, THEY STILL ARE TRYING TO TARGET A 2% TARGET INFLATION RATES WHERE THEY WANT TO GET. SO MORE THAN LIKELY THE FEDERAL RESERVE WILL TAKE ONE MORE RATE HIKE IN 2023. AFTER THAT, THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS IT WILL START COMING DOWN ASSUMING WE CONTINUE TO SEE DROPS IN GENERAL INFLATION RATES. FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE TICKED UP JUST A BIT 2.7% IN JULY. WHERE IT WAS 2.6% IN JANUARY. BUT STILL IT IS A FAIRLY STRONG LABOR MARKET. BASED UPON WHAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW KNOWING THAT MORE THAN LIKELY THE FED IS GOING TO RAISE RATES ANOTHER TIME THIS YEAR, WE'RE KEEPING OUR PORTFOLIO MIX THE SAME. MOSTLY SHORT-TERM AND THEN AS WE GO INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR BASED UPON WHAT THE FED DOES WE'RE MORE THAN LIKELY GOING TO GO OUT LONGER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BETTER RATES AS WE BELIEVE THEY WILL START COMING DOWN. WE HAVE 442 MILLION IN CHANGE IN INVESTMENTS AND CASH THAT INCLUDES OUR DALEY OPERATING CASH. PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE SEEN. WHAT IS INTERESTING AND YOU WILL SEE A SLIDE LATER THE INTEREST FOR THE THIRD QUARTER WAS 3,782,119 UP FROM SECOND QUARTER. INTEREST RATES HAVE BEEN GOING UP. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL DOWN SOME OF THOSE INVESTMENTS AS WE INVEST A LOT OF OUR ADD VALOREM TAXES AND REVENUE STREAMS EARLY IN THE FISCAL YEAR AND NEED THEM LATER IN THE FISCAL YEAR. THAT IS A GOOD NEWS STORY. WE'VE BROUGHT IN 12.5 MILLION DOLLARS IN INTEREST THIS YEAR. AND YOU WILL SEE THAT COMPARED TO WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE LAST YEAR IN A MINUTE. THIS IS THE REQUIRED STATEMENT [00:45:03] THAT BASICALLY SAYS ALL OF OUR INVESTMENTS ARE GREEN WITHIN THE INVESTMENT POLICY AND ALL WITHIN COMPLIANCE. WE DO HAVE ONE LONG-TERM FUND OF INVESTMENTS THAT IS OUR BOND PROCEEDS. AND WE LATTERRED THOSE BASED ON WE FELT WE WOULD NEED THE CASH PROCEEDS. WE ARE SEEING A LOT MATURE AND YOU WILL RECALL BECAUSE INTEREST RATES WERE SO SMALL WE TOOK AN UNREALIZED LOSS AT THE END OF LAST FISCAL YEAR WE'VE BEEN GETTING THAT BACK THAT IS WHAT THE $109,000. EVERY INVESTMENT AS IT'S MATURED WE HAVE GOTTEN OUR FACE-VALUE ON THE INVESTMENT BACK. THAT IS A GOOD NEWS STORY. AVERAGE INTEREST RATES WE WON'T GET INTO A LOT OF DETAIL UNLESS THERE'S QUESTIONS. BUT THE AVERAGES HAVE BEEN GOING UP. AGAIN, IF YOU WILL LOOK AT THE FIFTH COLUMN WHERE IT SAYS U.S. BANK THE REASON THOSE ARE LOW THOSE ARE THE LONGER TERM RATES THAT WE LOCKED INTO WHEN THE INTEREST RATES WERE VERY LOW. AS THOSE START MATURING AND WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN DALEY FUNDS WE'RE GETTING THE 5% ON THE FUNDS. THE GOOD NEWS IS AND WE'LL GET AN UPDATE WE ARE SPENDING THOSE BOND PORTFOLIOS FOR OUR BOND PROJECTS. THIS ONE IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT KIND OF DEPICTS WHERE WE ARE YEAR-OVER-YEAR. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE STEADILY GROWN THE TOP LINE WHICH IS GRAY HARDER TO SEE. WE'VE SEEN STEADILY INCREASE AND YOU CAN SEE YEAR-OVER-YEAR THE QUARTERS THIRD QUARTER THIS YEAR, WE HAD 4,782,000 IN INTEREST. LAST YEAR SAME QUARTER 640,000. PURELY BASED UPON WHAT THE INTEREST RATES HAVE BEEN GOING. SO AS AN INVESTOR WHICH THE COUNTY IS, THAT'S A GOOD NEWS STORY FOR US FOR THE BORROWERS IT'S MORE COSTLY. SO WE'RE IN A GREAT POSITION. AGAIN THAT IS OUR 12.5 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE GOT. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE HAVE MONIES THAT WE CAN USE FOR OTHER PROJECTS OR WE CAN ROLL THEM INTO FUND BALANCE THAT CAN BE USED IN THE FUTURE. SO THIS CHART LAST QUARTER WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD DONE THIS. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WE DID IT BASED UPON WHAT WE SAW INTEREST RATES LAST SUMMER WHICH WERE NOT VERY STRONG. WE LOOKED AT IT LATER ON AND THIS BOARD APPROVED A BUDGET AMENDMENT TAKING IT UP TO WHERE WE WERE AT THAT POINT TO ADJUST THE BUDGET TO 10.8 MILLION. BUT THROUGH -- THAT IS AN ANNUAL NUMBER. THROUGH NINE MONTHS WE ARE 12.5 WHICH SAYS WE'RE ALREADY OVER THE 12-MONTH BUDGET NUMBER BY 1.7 MILLION. MORE THAN LIKELY WE'LL BRING IN ANOTHER 43 TO 47 AGAIN DEPENDING HOW MUCH CASH WE NEED OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS. GOOD NEWS IS OF THAT THE NINE MONTHS ACTUAL 7.6 MILLION THE GREEN PART IN THE CENTER, THAT IS MONEY THAT IS DISCRETIONARY FOR THE BOARD TO DO OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, ARPA FUNDS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS THOSE ARE THEY ARE RESTRICTED FOR CERTAIN THINGS BUT THAT IS MONEY THAT CAN BE USED FOR OTHER PROJECTS. GOOD NEWS STORY. AND WITH THAT I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. >> AMY, YOU RUN THIS ON THE CALENDAR YEAR NOT THE FISCAL YEAR, CORRECT? >> NO, WE DO RUN IT ON THE FISCAL YEAR. >> WHEN YOU ARE SAYING THE LAST THREE MONTHS IT'S YOU MEAN ACTUALLY -- >> THROUGH JUNE. >> JULY AND AUGUST HAS BEEN STRONG WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ALL THE STATEMENTS IN FOR AUGUST. AND WE DON'T HAVE SEPTEMBER YET BUT WE WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER THE YEAR END FAIRLY QUICKLY AFTER YEAR END AND THEN WE'LL WE'RE EXPECTING SIMILAR GOOD NEWS. >> OK. OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE INVESTMENT UPDATE? ALL RIGHT THANK YOU, AMY. MR. CHAMBLISS. GOOD AFTERNOON. FIRST I'VE PROVIDED EACH OF YOU WITH VARIOUS DETAILED VOTER DEMOGRAPHICS BOTH FOR THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE AS WELL AS FOR YOUR SPECIFIC DISTRICT AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE AS OF TODAY. I WANT TO BRING EVERYONE UP-TO-DATE WITH THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ELECTIONS OFFICE AS WE PREPARE FOR THE THREE ELECTIONS [00:50:06] IN 2024. CHANGES TO THE ELECTION CODE IN SENATE BILL 7050 WHICH BECAME EFFECTIVE JULY FIRST. FIRST I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS LIST MAINTENANCE. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT THE BILL DID WAS REQUIRE AN INCREASE NUMBER OF AGENCIES TO FURNISH INFORMATION RELATING TO DECEASED PERSONS, PERSONS WHO WERE ADJUDICATED MENTALLY INCAPACITATED AS WELL AS PERSONS CONVICTED OF A FELONY AND PERSONS NOT UNITED STATES CITIZENS. THIS INFORMATION COMES FROM THE U.S. ATTORNEY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, OUR WONDERFUL CLERK AS WELL AS FDLE, FLORIDA COMMISSION OF OFFENDER REVIEW AND FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ALONG WITH FINALLY, HSMV. THIS DATA IS PROVIDED TO OUR OFFICE ON A WEEKLY BASIS. AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO START THE REMOVAL PROCESS WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF RECEIVING THAT INFORMATION. YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE ARRESTED FOR VOTING FRAUD AS FELONS, 22 INDIVIDUALS AS A WHOLE. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY A LOT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE FOUND NOT TO BE GUILTY OF THOSE ACTIVITIES. AND A LOT OF THE REASON FOR THAT WAS QUITE FRANKLY THE STATE IN PROVIDING THAT LOOK AT THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS NOT ALL THAT ACCURATE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I HAD TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT ACTUALLY I REMOVED THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE BASED ON THAT STATE INFORMATION. AND THEN HAD TO RESTORE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW COMPLICATED IT GETS. SO IF YOU ARE A FELON OF CERTAIN FELONIES WHICH, OF COURSE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEXUAL OFFENSES, TALKING ABOUT MURDER, OF COURSE YOU CAN'T GET YOUR RIGHTS BACK. THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN BE IS PARDONED. AND THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS THEIR RIGHTS WERE REMOVED BUT IT GETS A LITTLE BIT TRICKY BECAUSE THEY WERE ADJUDICATED IN OTHER STATES. AND IN THOSE OTHER STATES, THE STATE LAW RESTORES THEIR RIGHTS UPON TIME SERVED TO WHERE THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THE STATE REMOVED THEIR RIGHTS BUT THERE AGAIN BECAUSE THEY WERE ADJUDICATED IN ANOTHER STATE THAT INFORMATION WAS INACCURATE. AND SO WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THE STATE IS GOING THIS IS UGLY AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT NO MORE. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE STATE BELIEVES THINGS ARE UGLY AND THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT THEY HAND IT TO THE COUNTIES. SO THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ARE NOW TAXED WITH VETTING THESE INDIVIDUALS IN A LOCAL BASIS. IT IS ADDED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE IN OUR CLERK OUR OFFICE TO THE FACT TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT 50 INDIVIDUALS AA MONTH THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND IT REQUIRES A GREAT DEAL OF TIME. IN ADDITION TO THAT WE PROCESSED NATIONAL CHANGE OF ADDRESS WHICH RESULTED IN 5654 NOTICES GOING OUT. THAT WERE ADDRESSED TO ADDRESS CONFIRMATION REQUESTS ADDRESS CONFIRMATION FINAL NOTICES. THAT INFORMATION WHEN THAT GETS SEPTEMBER TO THAT VOTER IF THEY DO NOT RESPOND WITHIN 30 DAYS THEY BECOME INACTIVE AFTER TWO GENERAL ELECTION CYCLES THEY GET REMOVED FROM THE ROLLS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DID OUR MONTHLY LIST MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY WHICH RESULTED IN AN ADDITIONAL 19,705 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NOT VOTED OR DO NOT HAVE ACTIVITY SINCE THE 2020 GENERAL ELECTION AND AGAIN WITHIN 30 DAYS POTENTIALLY THOSE INDIVIDUALS CAN BE REMOVED AS WELL. SPEAKING OF FELONY MAINTENANCE, AGAIN THAT WAS PERFORMED PREVIOUSLY AT THE STATE LEVEL AND NOW OUR CLERK IS DOING JUST A TREMENDOUS JOB. BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE TERMS OF SENTENCING YOU ALSO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS THE FEINGS AND FINES AND THE RESTITUTIONS TO THE COURTS AND TO INDIVIDUALS AND THAT REQUIRES A GREAT DEAL OF DISCERNMENT. AGAIN, IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 50 FELONS EVERY MONTH IN CLAY COUNTY. SO FAR WE HAVE PROCESSED THIS YEAR 227 CASES IN CLAY COUNTY. [00:55:08] 212 FELONS, 10 MENTAL INCOME ANDS AND TWO NON-U.S. CITIZENS THAT WERE REMOVED FROM THE ROLLS OR IN THE FINAL PROCESS OF BEING REMOVED FROM THE ROLLS. LASTLY, I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT VOTE-BY-MAIL IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AS YOU ARE AWARE THE LEGISLATURE SUNSETTED ALL VOTE-BY-MAIL REQUESTS IN 2022. AND CHANGED THE TERM OF THE REQUEST TO ONE ELECTION SEQUEL ECONSEQUENCE. TO PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE, IN 2022 GENERAL ELECTION WE MAILED OUT 36,000 VOTE MY MAIL BALLOTS CONTRAST WITH THAT WITH THE FACT THAT AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE JULY FIRST OF THE LEGISLATION WE HAD JUST 4300 REQUESTS. IN RESPONSE TO THAT, WE CONTACTED ALL VOTERS WHO REQUESTED A VBM IN 2022 AND WHO HAD NOT REQUESTED VOTE-BY-MAIL TO DATE. WE FIRST DID THAT VIA E-MAIL. 18,000 E-MAILS WERE SENT OUT TO THE VOTERS. AND THEN WE FOLLOWED UP LAST MONTH WITH NEARLY 16,000 POSTCARDS TO VOTERS ALERTING THEM TO THE FACT THAT THEY USED TO HAVE A VOTE MY BAIL REQUEST BUT THEY HAD YET TO DO SO. THIS ACTIVITY IS VITALLY IMPORTANT. GIVEN THE FACT THAT OVER 80% OF THE VOTE HAPPENED PRIOR TO ELECTION DAY IN THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN. 80% OF THE VOTE HAPPENED PRIOR TO ELECTION DAY IN THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. WE HAVE MODELED OUR SYSTEM TO WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTE HAPPENS THROUGH EARLY VOTING AND VOTE-BY-MAIL. I DON'T THINK THAT OUR POLLING LOCATIONS HAVE THE CAPACITY OK, WITH THE REDUCTION OF LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE SERVICES TO ALL OF THE VOTERS SHOULD THEY WAIT FOR ELECTION DAY. SO IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO DO HAVE A DESIRE TO VOTE-BY-MAIL VOTE EARLY ARE AWARE OF THOSE FACT FACTS. WE ARE VERY ENGAGED IN PREPARING FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTION SEASON. WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THE BEST ELECTION CONDUCTED TO DATE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING MY BRIEFING AND OR MY BUDGET. >> THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR SUPERVISOR CHAMBLISS? >> CHRIS, SO WE'RE 80% VOTING BEFORE ELECTION DAY. I MEAN IS THAT NUMBER LIKELY TO GO HIGHER? WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR US ON ELECTION DAY IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL? >> SO FAR WE HAVE ONLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT 2022 ELECTIONS WHICH IS GUBERNATORIAL IT'S MORE ON ELECTION DAY THAN EARLY. THE TREND AND WE HAVE IF YOU LOOK BACK OVER THE PAST GREATER THAN 12 YEARS, OUR LOW WATER MARK IS 74%. OUR HIGH-WATER MARK IS THIS 80.4%. SO I THINK PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN INCREASE OK, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE NOTED THE NEWS OVER MOSTLY 2022 AND SOME IN THE 2023 OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE REALLY TALKING DOWN THE BENEFITS OR SUGGESTING THE LACK OF SECURITY WITH VOTE-BY-MAIL. TO THAT I TELL INDIVIDUALS THAT IF IT WASN'T SECURE, I WOULDN'T VOTE MY MAIL AND THAT IS THE METHOD THAT I VOTE. AND I WOULDN'T INVITE ALL OF YOU TO COME WATCH ME NOT COUNT THE BALLOT THAT INDIVIDUALS CAST BY MAIL. AND SO WE REALLY NEED IF OUR MODEL IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO WHERE WE ARE BUILDING LESS POLLING LOCATIONS AND FITTING THEM WITH MORE EQUIPMENT AND MORE PARKING TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT THROUGH PUT OF THAT INDIVIDUAL ON ELECTION DAY THEN WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO THE MODEL TO WHERE LARGE MAJORITY OF THE VOTE HAPPENS PRIOR TO ELECTION DAY. AND THAT'S IS THE MODEL THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS UNTIL WE START GETTING SOME DATA FROM ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> GOD BLESS Y'ALL. THANK YOU. >> WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. >> AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR TAX COLLECTOR HERE, WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE AS WELL. [01:00:14] GOOD AFTERNOON NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY AND KNOW WE'RE DOING THE PEOPLE'S WORK. THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE HAS BEEN VERY BUSY. LAST YEAR WE IMPLEMENTED NEW ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE THIS HAS CREATED MUCH BETTER REPORTING AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO KPI'S TO SEE HOW OUR PERFORMANCE IS GOING FORWARD IN FUTURE YEARS. IT WAS A VERY LARGE UNDERTAKING. ALL THE STAFF HAD TO BE TRAINING THE TRAINING TOOK NINE MONTHS. YOU CAN SEE THE COMPANY DID A GOOD JOB. DAY ONE NOT ONE GLITCH. IT WENT GREAT. SO THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. THIS PAST YEAR, WE RELOCATED THE MIDDLEBURG OFFICE -- THE BEAR RUNOFFS TO MIDDLEBURG AND SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY BECAUSE BLANDING WAS A MESS AND THERE'S STILL CONSTRUCTION BUT THE STARS ALIGNED AND THE DAY WE OPENED BEFORE THE DAY WE OPENED EVERYTHING WAS CLEANED UP AND THE ROAD WAS FINISHED AND I PROMISE I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT EXCEPT PRAYER. WE ALSO AFTER OPENING THAT OFFICE WERE ABLE TO ADD DRIVERS LICENSE SERVICES THE FORMER OFFICE JUST WASN'T IN A PLACE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD WE CAN DO EVERYTHING IN MIDDLEBURG NOW. WE ALSO -- WE ADDED THREE ADDITIONAL STATIONS WE INCREASED THE SIZE OF OUR SERVICE AREA TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE. SO THAT IS ONE OF OUR OFFICES CLOSER TO THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO DRIVE QUITE A WAYS TO GET SERVED. THIS YEAR, IN OUR BUDGET, WE ARE GOING TO PUT THE PARK AVENUE OFFICE OVER ON KINGSLY AVENUE AT CHALLENGE ENTERPRISES. WE'RE GAINING A LOT MORE SQUARE FEET. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT IT FEELS GOOD TO BE HELPING SOMEBODY LIKE CHALLENGE ENTERPRISES WHEN WE PAY OUR RENT TO HELP THEM. THE RENT WAS CONSIDERABLY LESS EVEN THOUGH WE WERE GETTING MORE SPACE AND WE'RE PLEASED WITH THAT. WE WILL BE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF STATIONS THE ARCHITECT IS DOING THEIR MAGIC RIGHT NOW AND ONCE THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN FIT IN THERE AND DO THAT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE MOVING OUR CALL CENTER BECAUSE WE NEED TO INCREASE IT. SO WE WILL BE MOVING IT UP TO ORANGE PARK AS WELL. THE ROOM THEY ARE IN RIGHT NOW IS A SMALL OFFICE FOUR PEOPLE AND I'VE GOT ANOTHER PERSON AT ORANGE PARK WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE. THE NEXT OFFICE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS YEAR IS KEYSTONE. AND I THANKS HOWARD AND HIS STAFF FOR OFFERING SUCH A GREAT LOCATION. WE CURRENTLY PAY RENT AND WE'RE IN A STRIP CENTER AND IT'S SO TIGHT THERE IS NO PRIVACY AT ALL FOR THE CUSTOMERS WHEN THEY COME IN. SO WE ALSO WILL BE ADDING DRIVER'S LICENSE SERVICES IN KEYSTONE. AND THE OFFICE THAT WE WILL BE USING IS THE FORMER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO IT'S ALREADY A COUNTY LOCATION. SO NO RENT THERE. SO TWO OUT OF THREE IS NOT BAD. BACK TO THE PARK AVENUE OFFICE. WE HAVE A REAL TIGHT OFFICE BUT WE ALSO HAVE NEW RESIDENTS THAT HAVE RENTED SPACE, ACE HARDWARE AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF CUSTOMERS SO THE PARKING LOT IS GETTING CONGESTED AND IT'S NEVER BEEN A GREAT PLACE TO DO A DRIVING TEST. IF YOU ARE OUT THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE TO GET ON 17 OR WINDY ROADS RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN THE BACK AND WE GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT. THAT WILL BE ANOTHER BIG PLUS. WE HOPE THAT OUR CUSTOMERS COME IN MUCH MORE RELAXED AND NOT HAVING TO GET OFF PARK AVENUE AND 17 TO COME INTO THE OFFICE. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SYNOPSIS WHERE OUR FUNDING HAS GONE LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR. I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. >> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS AFTERNOON. >> THANK YOU. >> AND BEFORE I MOVE ON IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS OFFICE WE DID NOT GET A MESSAGE THAT HE WANTED TO SPEAK I WANTED TO MAKE SURE? OK. THANK YOU ALL TO OUR CONSTITUTIONALS FOR BEING HERE THIS AFTERNOON WE APPRECIATE OUR [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] PARTNERSHIP. WE'LL MOVE TO OUR APPROVAL OF MINUTES. >> LET ME APPROVE THE BOARD MINUTES BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER MINUTES OF AUGUST 22, 2023. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND. FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL KNOWS IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. WE'RE NOW AT OUR OPPORTUNITY [PUBLIC COMMENTS] FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT I HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT CARD. DOUG MURPHY DID HE STAY? [01:05:03] YOU ARE HERE. DOUG YOU HAD WANTED TO TALK ON THE DR. PETER J. GIANAS THING I'M SORRY I MISSED THAT. >> I WASN'T SURE YOU WOULD HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE SO THAT WAS GREAT. >> DOUG MURLEY LIVE AT KINGSLY LAKE I CAME TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PROCLAMATION FOR DR. PETER J. GIANAS. I AM THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF OUR ASSOCIATION AND DR. PETER J. GIANAS WAS A LONGTIME NEIGHBOR OF OURS. ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ON BEHALF OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, I FELT WE SHOULD SAY SOMETHING AND THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR THIS RECOGNITION LONG DESERVED AND AMAZING AN AMAZING AFTER YOU READ ALL OF THE INFORMATION ALL HE DID, IS SPECTACULAR IT REALLY IS IT'S AMAZING. AND I'M SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO BE VERY PROUD OF THAT SIGN FROM NOW FOR THE FUTURE. AND SO ON OUR BEHALF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. TOO. >> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT? [CONSENT AGENDA] OK. NOW WE WILL MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ITEMS 23, AND ITEM 37 HAVE BEEN CONTINUED TO NEXT MEETING. SO IF SOMEONE MAKES A MOTION, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE WANTED TO PULL? >> IT'S LIKE TO PULL ITEM 18. >> 18. OK. SO ITEM 18 IS PULLED TO DISCUSSION. AND ITEM 23 AND 37 ARE CONTINUED TO THE NEXT MEETING AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS EXCEPT FOR ITEM NUMBER 18, 23 AND 37. >> WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. [18.  Third Extension and Amendment to Agreement No. 2020/2021-226 RE: Medical Director Services with Justin Deaton, M.D.(D. Motes)] ALL RIGHT ITEM NUMBER 18 IS THE THIRD EXTENSION AND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT 20201-226, REGARDING MEDICAL DIRECTOR SERVICES WITH DR. JUSTIN DEATON AND WE HAVE CHIEF MOATS HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO HELP US WITH THIS ONE. >> AND I PULLED THAT ITEM SIMPLY DR. G HAS BIG SHOES TO FILL SO WE'VE HAD ANOTHER MEDICAL EXAMINER FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR A YEAR NOW AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO APPROVE A TWO-YEAR EXTENSION. I WOULD LIKE TO AND WE'RE GOING TO BE FACED WITH A HUGE INCREASE IN POPULATION WHICH TRANSLATES TO A HUGE INCREASE IN EMS SERVICES. IF YOU COULD TELL US WHERE THE NUMBERS CAME FROM AND HOW WE CAME ABOUT THIS CONTRACT EXTENSION. >> THANK YOU. DAVID MOATS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY. AS YOU CAN SEE TONIGHT KIND OF FITTING WE DID NOT SET THAT UP ON PURPOSE FOR THIS BECAUSE THIS IS OUR NORMAL CONTRACT EXTENSION PERIOD. BUT THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO THE EMS DELIVERY IN CLAY COUNTY, SO MUCH SO THIS GENTLEMAN HAS HAD QUITE A REVIEW OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE HAVE SIGNED OFF ON HIM. THAT IS WHY WE BROUGHT FORTH A THREE-YEAR AGREEMENT GOING FORWARD. HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL ASPECTS OF OUR EMS DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO INCLUDE NOT ONLY OUR RESPONSE, BUT OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND OUR O2A COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE AREA. AS YOU ARE AWARE OUR VOLUME DOES NOTHING BUT CONTINUE TO INCREASE. DR. DEATON IS A ON CALL 24/7 HE ANSWERS EVERY PHONE CALL OF OUR PARAMEDICS ON THE SCENE. AND GIVES MEDICAL DIRECTION AT ANY TIME THAT IS NEEDED DAY OR NIGHT. HE IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE IF HE IS NOT AVAILABLE HE MAKES PROVISIONS FOR THE FEW TIMES HE DOES GO ON VACATION. HE DOES GO OUT AND RUN CALLS WITH US. TRAINS ALL OUR FOLKS. AND AS WE CONTINUE TO BRING ON MORE EMPLOYEES MORE PARAMEDICS, DIVISION APPROVAL PROCESS, WE REQUIRE A LOT OF HIS TIME. THAT IS WHY YOU WILL SEE THE REFLECTION OF THE INCREASES THROUGHOUT THIS CONTRACTUAL PERIOD. WE BELIEVE WE'RE COMPETITIVE WITH THE COUNTIES AROUND US AND THAT HE IS VERY WELL WORTH EVERY PENNEY THAT WE SPENT. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF MOATS? I DON'T KNOW IF DR. TEETH TON IS HERE BUT WE SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION TO CLAY COUNTY. >> AND HE WOULD HAVE BEEN. HE WOULD RELISH THE FACT TO TELL YOU ALL THE THINGS WE'RE DOING IN CLAY COUNTY. WHEN HE FIRST CAME ON WHEN DR. PETER J. GIANAS HE STEPPED INTO [01:10:04] THOSE SHOES IMMEDIATELY AND SAID HE WANTED TO MAKE IT THE BEST EMS SYSTEM IN FLORIDA AND YOUR PEOPLE ARE DOING THINGS THERE'S NO OTHER COUNTY DOING. WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THE SERVICES HE HAS GIVEN US IN CLAY COUNTY. >> THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE THIRD EXTENSION AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT 2021-226 MEDICAL DIRECTOR SERVICES WITH JUSTIN DEATON? MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. MOTION CARRIES 5-0. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO 5:00 TIME CERTAIN. BECAUSE WE ARE AT 5:11. SO THE WE WILL GO ALL THE WAY TO [46.  Final Public Hearing to consider ZON-0823-00019. (B. Carson)] ITEM 46 AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU WERE HERE FOR EARLIER ITEMS JUST BEAR WITH US. ITEM 46 IS THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ZONING CHANGE MIKE BROWN IS BRINGING IT TO US THIS AFTERNOON. AND WE HAVE AN UPDATE. >> MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD, THIS IS A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ARTICLE 12, INITIATED BY THE COUNTY. THE AND JUST A SHORT OF IT IS THAT THIS WOULD BE CHANGE WOULD SHIFT THE DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE REASON THIS CAME PROPOSED IS PLANNING COMMISSION AS YOU PROBABLY ARE AWARE ARE FIVE MEMBERS VOLUNTEERS, TWO OF THEM HAVE PROVIDED THEIR NOTICE OF RESIGNATION, ONE MOVED TO TEXAS SO HE IS NOT AROUND. THE OTHER ONE IS SERVING AS HE INDICATED IN HIS RESIGNATION LETTER, UNTIL REPLACED. AND THAT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS. HE'S INDICATED HE'S GETTING A LITTLE ANXIOUS. AND SO THAT HAS LED TO SOME POTENTIAL OF NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE QUORUMS SO THAT THEY CAN PURSUE THEIR STATED DUTIES. SO THERE'S BEEN A THOUGHT OF SHIFTING THOSE USES OR THOSE DUTIES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS USE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO SERVE THAT. AND YOU CAN SEE JACKSONVILLE, ST.JOHNS COUNTY THERE ARE OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT USE THAT OPTION. AS I INDICATED PRESENTLY, IT'S FIVE MEMBERS ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. APPOINTED BY THE BOARD. AND THEY SERVE FOUR-YEAR TERMS. WHAT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT'S PURPOSE IS AND DUTIES ARE THEY HEAR APPEALS ON ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS IF SOMEBODY HAS A ISSUE WITH A STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION THEY CAN ADJUSTMENT. THEY ALSO WHEN THERE'S QUESTIONS ON INTERPRETATION OF OUR REGULATIONS, THEY HAVE THAT DUTY TO INTERPRET THAT. AND THEIR BULK OF THEIR WORK IS DEALING WITH VARIANCES AND GRANT HEARING CASES AND REQUESTS FOR GRANTING A VARIANCES TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. SO THAT IS A QUICK SUMMARY. THE PLANNING COMMISSION WE TOOK THIS BEFORE THEM, THEY VOTED 3-3 ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT. STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION. AGAIN AS A MEANS OF TRYING TO AVOID THE LACK OF A QUORUM TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE DUTIES DONE. AND WITH THAT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WE DID PROVIDE YOU THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION AND CHANGES TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT WOULD IMPLEMENT THIS CHANGE SHOULD YOU DESIRE. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> OK. DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS RIGHT AWAY. I HAVE ONE, HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY APPLICATIONS FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT? SO WE'VE HAD THESE TWO OPENINGS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND WE HAD SEVERAL TIMES LAST FALL I KNOW WHERE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT WAS UNABLE TO MEET FOR LACK OF A QUORUM. >> AT LEAST TWO MEETINGS THAT I CAN RECALL RIGHT NOW. AND THERE MAYBE ONE MORE WITH THE FIVE MEMBERS WE DID NOT HAVE [01:15:05] A QUORUM AND SO THOSE ITEMS HAD TO BE CARRIED OVER SO WE COULD GET A QUORUM TOGETHER. >> COMMISSIONER BURKE? >> HOW LONG DO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETINGS USUALLY LAST? >> AGAIN, IT IS A FUNCTION OF HOW MANY ITEMS WE GET THERESA, IF YOU GO TO THE FINAL AFTER THE QUESTION SLIDE, THIS SHOWS YOU THE NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE PAST YEAR. THEY ARE USUALLY HALF AN HOUR TO 45 MINUTES. >> SO IT WOULD BE I MEAN, FOR A BOARD MEMBER TO COME HERE AND BE HERE 30 MINUTES THAT'S WHY MOST LIKELY PEOPLE WON'T WANT TO DO IT. >> FROM A STAFF STANDPOINT IF LEGISLATION WAS APPROVED, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD HAVE THEIR REGULAR MEETING WHERE THEY DO WHAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO AND THEN CLOSE THAT MEETING AND THEN OPEN IT UP AS THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. SO IT ALL HAPPENS ON THAT SAME MEETING DATE. THAT'S JUST AGAIN, HOW I WOULD ANTICIPATE IT AS STAFF WOULD PROBABLY FUNCTION. THAT WOULD SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME TWICE. IT WOULD ADD SOME POTENTIAL TIME TO THEIR MEETING BUT YOU KNOW, HALF HOUR, 45 MINUTES THEY ARE ALREADY HERE AND WE DID MOVE ABOUT A YEAR AGO MOVE THEIR MEETINGS UP TO START AT 5:00 P.M. SO MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER THAN WHEN THEY WERE STARTING AT 7:00 P.M. WE COULD BE HERE REAL LATE. >> MIKE, DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WHEN THEY WERE DISCUSSING IT BEFORE THEY TOOK A VOTE WHAT WAS THE REASON THAT SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS WERE AGAINST TAKING ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES? >> I BELIEVE ONE WAS THE LENGTH OF TIME POTENTIALLY FOR THEIR MEETINGS. AND THEN THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT COUPLE MEMBERS -- THE BEST WAY I CAN PUT IT IS THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS THAT THEY THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE SOME CONFLICTS. BUT THE STAFF PERSON THAT SERVES ON BOTH STAFF FOR BOTH OF THOSE BOARDS I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A FOUNDED ISSUE OR CONCERN. THERE'S TOTALLY THE PLANNING COMMISSION DUTIES ARE COMPLETELY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT DUTIES ARE REALLY THERE'S NO CONFLICT BECAUSE THEY DON'T THEY ARE JUST LOOKING AT SPECIFIC CASE AND WHETHER THERE'S A SIX CRITERIA THAT HAVE TO BE MET TO ISSUE A VARIANCE. WHETHER IT JUST I DON'T SEE THAT CONFLICT. IT'S TWO DISTINCT SEPARATE DUTIES FROM BOTH THOSE BOARDS. >> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WANTED A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY BEFORE WE MADE A MOVE IN THIS REGARD SO THEY COULD RECRUIT FOLKS? >> A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION WAS ABOUT TRYING MAYBE A LITTLE HARDER TO TRY TO FIND VOLUNTEERS. I DO KNOW THAT THE CHAIRMAN THE PRESENT CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS WHO WAS BEEN THE CHAIRMAN FOR THE PAST NUMBER OF YEARS, HAS I'VE TALKED TO HIM A COUPLE TIMES AND HE SAID HE'S TRIED TO FIND PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER AND HE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY ALSO. >> THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST OCCURRED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THIS FOR SOMETIME NOW AND IT HASN'T BEEN SO HARD TO FIND PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE BOARD IT'S WORSE TO HAVE THEM SHOW UP AND BE HERE AND IT'S UNFAIR TO OUR RESIDENTS. THOSE FOLKS LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF VARIANCE THEY COME IN AND ARE ARE TOLD AHEAD OF TIME AND THEY'VE WAITED MAYBE A MONTH OR TWO AND NOW THEY CAN'T GET IT DONE AGAIN AND THAT DELAYS THEIR PLANS. AND I JUST THINK THAT'S SORT OF UNFAIR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE I DON'T WANT TO DO IS OBVIOUSLY I PERSONALLY THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA AND I'M ALL FOR IT. BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO SEE US MAKE A MOTION WHERE WE PUT IT ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND WE HAVE PROBLEMS IN PLANNING AND ZONING AS WELL. BECAUSE THAT IS TOO VITAL FOR [01:20:03] THE COMMUNITY TO LOSE OUT. THE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT HAVE BOA AND PLANNING AND ZONING IS THAT HOW THEY DO IT THEY DO IT IN TWO MEETING OR COVER IT ALL IN ONE? >> MOST OF THEM DO IT ALL IN ONE MEETING, TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS WITHIN ONE MEETING. >> SO I MEAN WE'VE GOT ONE MEMBER ON THE BOO SERVING UNTIL WE FIND SOMEBODY TO REPLACE HIM AND HE IS GETTING ANSWERSY IT IS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE WE END UP NOT HAVING A QUORUM ON A REGULAR BASIS AND NOT ANYBODY TO PUT INTO POSITION. I HAVE NO PROBLEM IN TERMS OF DELAYING FOR TWO WEEKS AND MAKING A HARD PUSH TO TRY TO RECRUIT SOMEBODY TO PROVE TO THE FOLKS ON PLANNING AND ZONING THIS IS A NECESSARY THING WE WE HAD TO DO NOT LOOKING TO LOAD UP ON THEM AND MAKE THEIR WORKLOAD HARDER OR LONGER. AND SOME OF THOSE INSTANCES, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT A LOT OF APPLICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN A PARTICULAR MEETING BECAUSE THEY WERE HELD OVER AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING. SO I MEAN, THAT'S MY PROPOSAL IF THAT WOULD SATISFY THOSE FOLKS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT THOUGHT FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT WE WERE HEAPING MORE WORK ON THEM OR THEY THOUGHT WE COULD GO JUST NOT THAT EASY TO FIND VOLUNTEERS FOR A BOARD LIKE THAT. AND IT IS ESSENTIAL FUNCTION FOR OUR ZONING. >> HOLD YOUR MOTION. >> I DIDN'T MAKE A MOTION. >> OK. GOOD. ARE THERE QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> OK. >> MIKE, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE DUTIES ARE DISTINCT. WOULD WE HAVE TO ALSO UPDATE A RUBRIC FOR FUTURE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS? >> SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE THE ONES TO APPOINT TO THOSE VACANCIES BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THOSE FIVE OR SEVEN WON'T BE THERE FOREVER? >> RIGHT. THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF WOULD STAY AS THEY ARE. THEY WOULD JUST CLOSE THEIR ONE MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND OPEN IT UP IT WOULD BE THE SAME MEMBERS. IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE ASKING? >> LET ME SAY IT ANOTHER WAY. THERE IS A REASON WHY THOSE WHO ARE BROUGHT BEFORE US AS POTENTIAL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS THEY MEET A CRITERIA, RIGHT? SO BECAUSE THE DUTIES ARE DISTINCT WHAT THEY ARE DOING FOR THE PLANNING AND THE OTHER ARE DIFFERENT DO THEY NEED TO HAVE DIFFERENT QUALIFICATIONS? >> NO. NO. PRESENTLY YOUR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS THE ONLY QUALIFICATION IS THAT THEY ARE A CITIZEN AND RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY. >> THAT'S IT? >> THAT'S IT. A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY. >> AND WE HAVE HOW MANY PEOPLE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION? >> OK. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MIKE BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? ALL RIGHT. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IF YOU HERE TO SPEAK TO US ONBOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL BRING IT BACK FOR A MOTION. >> NOBODY SPEAK BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID WE ASK THEM TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE BOARD. [LAUGHTER] >> WELL, I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO HOLD THIS OFF FOR TWO WEEKS AND SEE IF WE CAN'T GO ON A HARD PUSH TO GET VOLUNTEERS AND SOME APPLICATIONS, PERHAPS WE CAN GET OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO HELP US OUT WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. THERESA CAN MAKE SURE IT'S POSTED PROMINENTLY ON THE WEBSITE. AND WITH THAT EFFORT THEN WE CAN PUT THIS BEHIND US AND HOPEFULLY MAKE THAT MOVE IN TWO WEEKS TO CONSOLIDATE THOSE AT LEAST IF NOT CONSOLIDATE THE BOARDS CONSOLIDATING THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO BE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AS WELL. >> OK. WE HAVE A MOTION DO WE HAVE A SECOND. >> I WILL SECOND THE MOTION. >> MOTION AND A SECOND. TO DELAY THIS FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO A FINAL, FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER -- OCTOBER 10TH. >> WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE IT. >> DID YOU WANTED IT TO BE AT END OF SEPTEMBER? >> SEPTEMBER 26. >> I DON'T THINK WE CAN WAIT WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN WHO IS HANGING ON BY A THREAD. SO MAKE A MOTION. >> OK. MAYBE LEE WILL HELP US OUT AND PUT IT IN NEXT WEEK. NEXT WEEK. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND YOUR SECOND GO TO THE SEPTEMBER 26 AS WELL? >> YES. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. [01:25:03] ALL THOSE FURTHER QUESTIONS R DISCUSSION? >> YES. MY CONCERN IS THE 3-3 VOTE AND IF WE START LAYING MORE RESPONSIBILITY ON THAT COMMITTEE OR THAT BOARD, YOU COULD END UP WITH SIX OR FIVE OR FOUR. SO I THINK THIS MOTION AND THIS ASK AS WELL WILL POSITION TO AT LEAST SHOW MORE EFFORT ON OUR PART THE COUNTY'S PART AND COMMUNICATIONS PART TO GET MORE TO AT LEAST SOLICIT MORE VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS IMPORTANT MISSION. MY CONCERN IS 3-3. >> YEAH, I HEAR YOU BUT I ALSO WOULD YOU KNOW REMIND US THAT YOU KNOW WE WEREN'T SO SURE ABOUT GETTING RID OF FINANCE AND AUDIT AND BRINGING EVERYTHING ON TO CONSENT AND PULLING THOSE THINGS AND POTENTIALLY ADDING A LOT OF TIME TO OUR BCC MEETINGS. BUT IT HAS SEEMED TO WORKOUT WELL. AND IT DOES TAKE THE EFFORT OF US TO PREPARE AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO AS WELL. BUT MAYBE IT WASN'T AS SCARY AS IT SEEMED INITIALLY. BUT I UNDERSTAND. I DO HEAR YOU. AND THEY ARE VOLUNTEERS AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO VOLUNTEERS FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT BOARDS IN THE COUNTY. I KNOW WE STRUGGLE WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION TO KEEP IT A FULL DECK AS WELL. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION OR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PLEASE CONTACT THERESA. ALL RIGHT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. WE WILL REVISIT THAT ON [47.  Discussion of Appointments to the Clay County Utility (CCUA) Board] SEPTEMBER 26. NEXT WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 47. IT IS A DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENTS TO THE CLAY COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY BOARD. SO THE ONLY CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CLAY COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE CLAY COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY IS TO APPOINT THEIR BOARD MEMBERS. THEY'VE SERVED IN A QUASI JUDICIAL ROLE THAT IS APPOINTED BY THE BCC MEMBERS. ALTHOUGH WE DO APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERSHIPS I SHOULDN'T MAKE IT SOUND LIKE WE ARE NOT FRIENDS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS AFTERNOON. THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JEREMY JOHNSON I DON'T KNOW IF I GOT YOUR TITLE RIGHT THE HEAD OF THEIR ORGANIZATION IS HERE THIS AFTERNOON AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. SO FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT I KNOW OF WHEN WE'VE HAD A VACANCY, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE APPLICANTS SO THERE ARE THREE UP COMING VACANCIES FOR THE CCUA BOARD AND THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. SINCE WE REALLY HAVEN'T DONE THIS BEFORE, WE GET TO DECIDE HOW WE WANT TO DO IT. THERESA PREPARED SHEETS FOR US IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RANK AND DISCUSS IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO HAS A MOTION I KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF COMMISSIONERS INTERVIEWED A NUMBER OF THESE PEOPLE. I DON'T HAVE DETAILS ON THAT BECAUSE OF COURSE WE DID NOT VIOLATE THE SUNSHINE. I KNOW WE ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO ANY OF THE APPLICANTS THAT WE WANTED. AND A NUMBER OF THEM ARE HERE THIS AFTERNOON AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND YOUR APPLICATION. WITH THAT I'M GOING TO STOP TALKING AND LET MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS TALK IF ANYONE HAS ANYTHING TO SAY. >> SHOULD WE START WITH THE APPLICATION MS. ANNA LEBESCH SHE IS SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT. >> THAT IS DR. ANNA LEBESCH IS ALREADY SERVING ON THE CCUA BOARD AND SO ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION THAT WE. >> I'M MAKING A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE HER SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT. >> OK. >> SECOND THAT MOTION. >> ALL RIGHT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON DR. ANNA LEBESCH SEEKING WE APPOINTMENT TO THE CCUA BOARD. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? COMMISSIONER DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP. >> NO. I COULD MAKE A COMMENT. SINCE YOU'VE COME DOWN THIS SIDE. >> I THOUGHT I SAW YOUR HAND GO UP. THE FOOTBALL IS DOWN HERE I WILL KEEP IT HERE. I'M IN FAVOR OF DR. ANNA LEBESCH A FULL TERM. SHE WAS NAMED TO THE BOARD AS A REPLACEMENT AND I THINK SHE DESERVES TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE THERE FOR A FULL FOUR-YEAR TERM I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS CANDIDATE IN THIS MOTION. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? >> JUST A COMMENT. VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND KNOWS THE COMMUNITY VERY WELL. SO SHE IS AN IDEAL CHOICE FOR THIS POSITION. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. MOTION CARRIES 5-0. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE TWO OTHER VACANCIES TO FILL AND WE HAVE FOUR OTHER APPLICANTS TO CHOOSE FROM. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO [01:30:08] NOMINATE PATRICK KARNEY VERY HIGHLY QUALIFIED VERY WELL EXPERIENCED AND VERY EAGER TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD. >> OK. >> HE CONTACTED ME THREE MONTHS AGO, KNOWING THIS POSITION MIGHT BE AVAILABLE AND ASKED FOR OUR SUPPORT AND HIS QUEST TO BE ON THE BOARD. >> OK. ALL RIGHT WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE DO NOT HAVE A SECOND. SO MOTION FAILS COURTNEY? FOR LACK OF A SECOND? OK. ALL RIGHT. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR. WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT PAPERS? THERESA HAS? >> SHE HAS A PAPER WITH ALL THE APPLICANT'S NAMES LISTED IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RANK THEM WE CAN DO THAT AND THEN BUT WE CANNOT HAVE VOTES BE SECRET. SO IF WE DO RANK THEM THEN THEN CHRISTIE WE HAVE TO READ INTO THE RECORD HOW EACH ONE OF US RANKED THE APPLICANTS. JUST AN OPTION THAT WE HAD WE HAVE AS AN OPTION. COURTNEY DID RESEARCH THE LEGALITY OF IT IT IS LEGAL BUT IT HAS TO THEN ALL BE READ INTO THE RECORD. >> MADAM CHAIR, IF I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH PURCHASING IN TERMS OF RANKING AS WE GO BY AND READ THEM OUT LOUD AND TOTAL THE VOTES AND THE CANDIDATE WITH THE LOWEST VOTE TOTAL BECAUSE YOU RANK THEM ONE, TWO, THREE, WOULD BE PUT IN THAT SITUATION WHERE THEY WOULD BE THE LOWEST WITH THE LOWEST TOTAL AND AWARDED THE SEAT BASED ON THOSE VOTES. I HAVE NO PROBLEM DOING IT EITHER WAY. >> WELL, I WILL TRY FOR A MOTION FIRST. I LIKE TO CHOOSE AMBER TAYLOR TO BE ON THE BOARD. >> OK. COMMISSIONER BURKE HAS MADE THE MOTION FOR AMBER TAYLOR. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> I WOULD JUST ADD THAT ACTUALLY BOTH MR. CARNEY AND MS. TAYLOR ARE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT 4 WE'VE NEVER HAD A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR ON THE CCUA BOARD BOTH WOULD BE GREAT CHOICES. I WANTED TO ADD, I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE MEMBERS GOING OFF OF THE CCUA BOARD HAS BEEN A REALTOR WENDELL DAVIS HAS GIVEN GREAT SERVICE AS A REALTOR AND MS. TAYLOR IS A REALTOR IT MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT. THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR THE SAME PROFESSION I SHOULD SAY TO CLARIFY THAT. COMMISSIONER? >> THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT IT DOES HELP IN TERMS OF HAVING THAT BACKGROUND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT THOSE THINGS ARE ALL VERY HELPFUL IN TERMS OF SUBJECT MATTER THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS FACE ON THE CCUA BOARD. I PARTICULARLY LIKE MS. TAYLOR BECAUSE SHE DOES HAVE THE REAL ESTATE BACKGROUND IN TALKING TO HER, I THINK SEES' ENTHUSIASTIC AND WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND BRING SOME YOUTH TO THAT BOARD. AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WELL TO HAVE A DIVERSE BOARD AND LOOK AT WHAT ISSUES THEY FACE AND WHAT THOSE ISSUES THEN TRANSLATE TO MEAN TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. >> OWE CAVE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. ALL RIGHT WE HAVE ONE MORE VACANCY WE NEED TO FILL AND WE HAVE THREE APPLICANTS TO FILL IT FROM. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION IF NO ONE ELSE WILL. >> COMMISSIONER BURKE? I WOULD LIKE TO CHOOSE ANDREW PETTY ALSO FOR A LOT OF THE SAME QUALIFICATIONS THAT COMMISSIONER CELLA RECOMMENDED. >> I WILL SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE APPLICANTS THIS AFTERNOON. AND I GUESS STAY TUNED BECAUSE AS ANNA LEBESCH FOUND THESE VACANCIES COME UP AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO FILL THEM. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND PLEASE KNOW IT'S NOT PERSONAL AND NOT AN EASY DECISION TO MAKE. IT'S NEVER EASY TO SAY NO TO PEOPLE. BUT WE THANK YOU ALL. [48.  Public Hearing on RG Ambulance Service, Inc., d/b/a Century Ambulance Service's Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Ambulance Service (J. Boree)] [01:35:04] ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 48 IS PUBLIC HEARING ON RG AMBULANCE SERVICE DBA CENTURY AMBULANCE SERVICES APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE WE HAVE CHIEF HORRY HERE SPEAKING OF COMBINING MEETINGS. WE USED TO HAVE TO HAVE OUR STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING TO DO THESE AT FINANCE AND AUDIT AND WE'VE COMBINED IT INTO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. >> GOOD EVENING. PUBLIC SAFETY. TONIGHT YES WE'RE HERE FOR A COPCN PUBLIC HEARING FOR CENTURY AMBULANCE COMPANY. THEY ARE ACTUALLY RG AMBULANCE INCORPORATED. DOING BUSINESS AS CENTURY AMBULANCE. THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION WE HAVE NOT FACED FOR PROBABLY SEVEN OR 10 YEARS I BELIEVE IT WAS. CENTURY HAS BEEN A LONGTIME PARTNER IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY SERVICE SEVERAL OTHER COUNTY AROUND US IN PROVIDING INTERFACILITY TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND IN-BETWEEN OTHER COMMUNITIES. THEY WERE RECENTLY ACQUIRED BY ANOTHER ACTUAL FLORIDA BASED COMPANY NOW SO THEY WERE A NATIONAL BASED THEY ARE BACK TO A FLORIDA BASED COMPANY. AND SO THEY ARE KIND OF MIDSTREAM OF THEIR CURRENT COPCN. OUR ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT ANY TYPE OF PURCHASE OR BUYOUT REQUIRE A NEW PROCESS BE DONE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TODAY. THEIR APPLICATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED. IT'S THOROUGH AND THE RECOMMENDATION FROM PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD BE APPROVAL OF THE COPCN AND FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING IT'S A MATTER OF THE BOARD AS YOU MENTIONED WE DON'T HAVE THE STANDING COMMITTEE ANYMORE TO MAKE A NOMINATION TO THE BOARD FULL BOARD. SO IT'S THE BOARD CAN MAKE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS TO EITHER APPROVE OR DENY. >> AND YOU NEED THOSE TO BE SEPARATE? >> NO, MA'AM IT CAN BE ONE OR THE OTHER. >> ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF HORRY. COMMISSIONER? >> CHIEF CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CENTURY FOR A WHILE NOW, AND OBVIOUSLY THEY CAN HANDLE THE JOB. GIVE US AN IDEA WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON CENTURY. >> CENTURY LIKE I SAID, BEFORE THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER THEY OPERATE A NUMBER OF AMBULANCES IN CLAY COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES. I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK. AND I DID FORGET TO MENTION THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT THIS EVENING IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT THEMSELVES. ANYTIME WE'VE ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE, STAND BY FOR 911 SERVICES OR WHATNOT THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER. THE NEW CORPORATION IS LOOKING TO EXPAND SERVICES AND CONTINUE TO GROW THE COMPANY IN THE WAY THE PREVIOUS OWNER DID AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. >> YES, SIR. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF HORRY? ALL RIGHT. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THE OWNERS OF CENTURY LIKE TO SPEAK TO CBS NEWS OR YOU ARE GOOD TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE? I GUESS THEY ARE GOOD TO STAY WHERE THEY ARE. ALL RIGHT. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR ACTION. OUR CHOICES ARE TO APPROVE THIS COPCN OR DENY IT. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE MY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. THANK YOU, CHIEF. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW TO THE REASON WHY PROBABLY A LOT OF YOU ARE HERE THIS EVENING AND THAT IS THE ADOPTION OF OUR THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING OF THE ADOPTION OF A TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR FY23-24 INCLUDING ARPA PROJECTS. AND COUNTY MANAGER I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. I GOT TO CALL IT. TOO MANY TAPS I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. I WILL BRIEFLY DEFINE THE TERM PROCESS AND GET INTO MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS. THE TERM PROCESS IS GOVERNED BY FLORIDA STATUTE AND IT'S COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS TRUTH AND MILLIONAGE. IT SETS FORTH GUIDELINES FOR THE CLCULATION AND THE ADOPTION OF THE MILLAGE RATE IN THE BUDGET OF THE COUNTY AND DISTRICTS. TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT A MILLAGE RATE AND BUDGET THIS IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IT WAS ADVERTISED ON THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPERTY TAXES OR TRIM NOTICE SENT OUT AND MAILED BY THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS OFFICE. THE TRIM PROCESS REQUIRES THAT THE FIRST SUBSTANTIVE ISSUE DISCUSSED SHALL BE THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN MILLAGE [01:40:04] OVER THE ROLLBACK RATE NECESSARY TO FUND THE BUDGET AND THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH ADD LA VORM TAX INCREASES ARE ROLLED BACK RATE. NOW, THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT THE FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 AGGREGATE OPERATING MILLAGE RATE IS 8.3661 MILLS. WHICH IS MORE THAN THE CURRENT YEAR AGGREGATE ROLLBACK RATE OF 7.4676 MILLS BY 12.03%. THEIR PROPOSED OPERATING MILLAGE RATES ARE BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS. COUNTY SERVICES, 5.5471 MILLS. UNINCORPORATE THE SERVICES OR MSTU FUND, 0.1477 MILLS. LAW ENFORCEMENT MSTU-4 FUND, 2.4014 MILLS. FIRE CONTROL MSTU-8 FUND, 0.540 MILLS. LAKE AS BURY, THAT IS ZERO MILLS. CHALLENGER CENTER MSTU, 3 MILLS. REVENUES INCLUDING ESTIMATED CASH CARRY FORWARD HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE MOST CURRENT AVAILABLE INFORMATION. THE CLAY COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MUST APPROVE THREE SEPARATE RESOLUTIONS AS PART OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. THE FIRST RESOLUTION ADOPTS THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 FOR THE CLAY COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THE SECOND RESOLUTION ADOPTS THE TENTATIVE BUDGETS FOR THE CLAY COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE LAKE AS BERRY MSBD FOR 2023-2024 THE THIRD AND FINAL RESOLUTION AS REQUIRED BISECTION 893.165 PARAGRAPH 6 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES, DESIGNATES CLAY COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE COUNTY ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE TRUST FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024. MADAM CHAIR THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO READ IN. >> OK. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNTY MANAGER BEFORE I TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? OK. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO US THIS AFTERNOON ON THE TENTATIVE BUDGET SETTING OF THE MILLAGE RATE, THE TENTATIVE BUDGET ADOPTION AND THE DESIGNATION OF THE CLAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE COUNTY ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE TRUST FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 23-24? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL BRING IT BACK FOR BOARD DISCUSSION. IS THERE ANY BOARD DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THE ITEMS PRESENTED THIS AFTERNOON? >> MADAM CHAIR IF I WOULD. I HAVE ■A QUESTIONINREGARDS TO ACCEPTING A TENTATIVE BUDGET SHOULDN'T WE BE DISCUSSING ARPA BEFORE WE VOTE ON A TENTATIVE BUDGET? >> CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. >> WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO -- THE QUESTION HOW WE ARE DISTRIBUTING THAT. >> WHAT WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO DO IS ADOPT A TENTATIVE BUDGET AND HAVE THE OPEN DISCUSSION HOW YOU WANT TO ALLOCATE ARPA AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR THE FINAL HEARING FOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BUDGET. 3-AND-A-HALF MILLION UNALLOCATED IS REFLECTED. >> THAT WAS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> AND I GUESS I'D LIKE TO FOR THE CITIZENS I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS NOT A CHANGE IN MILLAGE RATE FROM WHAT HAS BEEN THE MILLAGE RATE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. >> THAT IS CORRECT, MADAM CHAIR. >> OK. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING STILL OPEN, THE BOARD SHALL BY SEPARATE VOTE WE HAVE THREE TASKS AHEAD OF US. THE FIRST ONE IS TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TO SET THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATES FOR FISCAL 23-24. [01:45:04] AND THE RESOLUTION READS I READ THE RESOLUTION, CORRECT? DO I HAVE TO READ THE RESOLUTION? I DO NOT. SO THE RESOLUTION LEAVES THE AGGREGATE MILLAGE RATE AT 8.3661 MILLS MORE THAN THE ROLLBACK RATE THAT WAS ADVERTISED. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THOUGH IT PUTS MORE MONEY INTO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE MSTU'S THAN IN THE PAST. AND LESS INTO REGULAR COUNTY SERVICES. AND AS WELL AS THE UNINCORPORATED MSTU FUND AND THAT IS AS A RESULT OF THE I THINK IT WAS THE RESULT OF DESIRE TO HAVE FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY FOR THE PUBLIC AND TO PUT THOSE MONIES INTO THOSE DESIGNATED AREAS. >> THAT IS CORRECT, YES, MA'AM. AND TO INSURE THAT OUR FIRST-RESPONDERS BOTH DEPUTIES AND FIRE EMS, THAT THEIR PAYS ARE COMPETITIVE TO SURROUNDING COUNTIES ALSO. >> AND THE UNINCORPORATED MSTU WAS TO BALANCE WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES. >> YES. >> ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MILLAGE RATE? >> MOTION TO APPROVE THE MILLAGE RATE. >> DO WE HAVE A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. [49.  5:05 p.m. or as soon thereafter as can be heard - First Public Hearing - Adoption of Tentative Millage and Budget for FY23/24] OUR SECOND ITEM WE HAVE TO ON THE TASK IS TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION FOR THE TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 23-24. WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT BUDGET TO MEET WITH STAFF AND ASK QUESTIONS DOES ANYONE HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR CONCERNS? >> I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I KNOW ARE GOING TO BE APPROVED THEY ARE ITEMS UNDER NEW BUSINESS AND THEY WILL BE ADDRESSED BY OUR CLERK. BASICALLY, I WANT TO WAIT UNTIL WE GET TO THOSE ITEMS SO WE CAN VOTE ON THEM. MY QUESTIONS WERE ABOUT THE $65 WE RECEIVED AS A COURT COST AND HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN AND IF IT'S MEETING OUR NEEDS AS YOU SAW IN THE BUDGET IT'S NOT MEETING OUR NEEDS SO WE'RE HAVING TO SUPPOSE MEANT WITH OTHER GENERAL FUND, FUNDS. I WANT TO BRING THE AWARENESS TO THAT AND THAT'S WHY THOSE ITEMS WERE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PUT ON NEW BUSINESS. WE HAD HOPED TO GET TO THEM BEFORE BUT IT'S OK. >> MADAM CHAIR IF I MAY, ON TAP THREE IS THE TENTATIVE BUDGET LAID OUT. THE BUDGET WAS ALSO POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE LAST WEEK. FOR REVIEW. AND AS YOU MENTIONED YOU ALL RECEIVED A BUDGET BOOK AND INDIVIDUALLY WERE BRIEFED ON THE BUDGET AND ANY DIFFERENCES AND CHANGES FROM FISCAL YEAR TO FISCAL YEAR. >> AND I JUST LIKE FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS HAVE LIVED TRUE TO THE BUDGETS THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO. WE HAD A FIVE-YEAR PLAN OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAD A SALARY STUDY DONE THEY HAD TOLD US ABOUT IT. WE KNEW ABOUT IT. THEY HAVE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ABOVE THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND WE WERE ABLE TO AFFORD TO BE ABLE TO HONOR THOSE AND SO SHERIFF DID ASK US FOR MORE MONEY THAN SHE PLANNED TO AND IF WE APPROVE IT THIS AFTERNOON, WE INTEND TO HONOR THAT. I JUST THE PUBLIC SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING US FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND KNOWING ABOUT THE FIVE-YEAR COMMITMENT AND ALL OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS ARE VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? >> I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION OF THE TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 AND 24. >> WE HAVE A MOTION DO WE HAVE A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE MY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. NEXT THE THIRD ITEM WE HAVE IT TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION FOUND BEHIND TAB FOUR IN YOUR BINDERS. THAT IS THE DESIGNATION OF CLAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE COUNTY ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE TRUST FUND. AND I THINK IS IRENE HERE? SHE IS NOT HERE. MY ONLY QUESTION IS THEIR NAME CLAY COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER I THOUGHT THEY WERE CLAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE GET THAT [01:50:02] RESOLUTION I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IT JUST NOTICED IT. I APOLOGIZE. >> WE'LL DOUBLE-CHECK THAT I KNOW GABBY IS BACK THERE. >> OK. >> SO IF WE PASS THIS IF WE JUST WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION CAN SAY THAT WE'LL CHECK EVERYONE IS OK PASSING IT WE WILL CHECK THE% NAME AND HAVE IT CORRECTED IN THE RESOLUTION. >> YES, MA'AM. >> AND THIS ONE IS REQUIRED BY STATUTE. SO I WOULD HOPE SOMEONE WOULD PLEASE MAKE A MOTION. >> I MOVE APPROVAL. >> WE HAVE A MOTION DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> I SECOND THE MOTION. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE MY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. THE FINAL THING WE HAVE TO DO REGARDING THIS THIS AFTERNOON IS TO SET THE DATE FOR OUR NEXT OUR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT INSTEAD OF THE TENTATIVE BUDGET WE WILL ADOPT THE FINAL BUDGET. THE PROPOSAL IS TO SET THAT DATE ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2023 AT 5:0 5:00 P.M. M IN THIS ROOM THE SAME LOCATION OR SOON THERE AFTER IT CAN BE HEARD AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE A SUMMARY STATEMENT AND A NOTICE OF THAT HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION? >> I WILL MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE MY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DO I NEED TO ARPA BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? OK. ALL RIGHT. SO I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD TO DISCUSS THE ARPA FUNDS DISTRIBUTION THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSALS HAD THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. >> THANK YOU. TROY NEAGLE ASSISTANT COUNTY MANAGER I PROVIDED A LIST TO EACH OF YOU LISTING OUT PROPOSED ARPA PROJECTS. AS COMMISSIONER CELLA ELUDED TO WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GET IT IRONED OUT PREBUDGET SO THE PLAN WILL BE THAT WHATEVER DECISIONS YOU MAKE TONIGHT TO USE THE 3.5 MILLION OF UNALLOCATED FUND ALSO COME BACK TO THE BOARD. >> I DON'T HAVE A LIST. ANY CHANGES TO THE BUDGET ANYTHING YOU DECIDE ON ARPA OR SMALL CHANGES THAT MAY HAPPEN TO THE BUDGET AND NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU IN A MEMO FORM AS REQUIRED BY STATUTE SO YOU CAN BE TRANSPARENT ON THE LIST AND I MA'AM IF IT IS OK I CAN READ THROUGH THE LIST FOR DISCUSSION. JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S KNOWLEDGE. THE PROJECTS ON THE LIST, CCDA'S PROPERTY ON COLLEGE DRIVE. FOR 200,000. NEPTUNE PARK PHASE TWO MULTIPURPOSE FIELD FOR 80,000. THE STUDIO SETUP AT THE EOC FOR 25,000. THE CROSSWALK AT THUNDERBOLT SCHOOL FOR 50,000. ARMSTRONG PARK TO REMOVE THE FENCE AND REPAIR AND CREATE AN ADDITIONAL PARKING WILL BE 800,000. COUNTY ROAD 220 AT LAKE SHORE DRIVE WEST IS 250,000. FIRE STATION 15 THOSE ASK FOR AN ALLOCATION OF 1 MILLION TO LOOK AT PURCHASING PROPERTY. WAY FREE CLINIC IS 300,000 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ON THE BOARD FLOOR. THAT SUM IS 2.7 MILLION. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE HAD ANOTHER PROJECTS LIBRARY ON THE GO, FOR 250,000, PARK ON THE GO FOR 250,000, A PROJECT THAT WAS NOT ON THIS LIST DUE TO INFORMATION COMING UP TODAY AS A MATTER OF FACT, WOULD BE TO DO A SEPTIC TO SEWER PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THAT AS REQUIRED BY THE SENATE BILL AND THE HOUSE BILL AND WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT BEING 300,000. AND THEN WE HAD FOUR OTHER PROJECTS WE ARE ASKED TO LOOK AT AND I THINK THERE'S DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER THESE COULD BE COMPLETED WITH ALL THE PERMITTING AND MAYBE THE BOARD'S DESIRE TO PARTIALLY FUND THESE FOR DESIGN OR STUDY. BUT THE ENTIRE PROJECT PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER OF 2024 BECAUSE OF PERMITTING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS AND THOSE ARE THE WILLIAMS PARK BOAT RAMP PROJECT, MOCCASIN, THE BOAT RAMP AT LAKE AS BURY AND VETERANS PARK PHASE [01:55:05] ONE. ALL OF THOSE ARE IN A PREDESIGN OR A PREPERMIT PHASE AND THIS MONEY HAS TO BE SPENT BY OCTOBER 2024 ON A PROJECT TO MEET THE ARPA REQUIREMENTS. SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND I THINK STAFF'S HERE READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ALSO. >> OK. COMMISSIONER BURKE? >> HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE HAVE? >> THREE-AND-A-HALF MILLION UNALLOCATED. >> I GUESS I DON'T THINK Y'ALL UNDERSTOOD WHAT I MEANT ABOUT THE BOAT RAMP PROJECT IT IS A 10 FOOT DOCK, A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THAT? >> AND MAYBE STAFF NOT UNDERSTANDING THE FULL RAMIFICATIONS OF WHAT IS NEEDED. WHATEVER THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS THE PERMITTING FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD TO PERMIT AND I WILL DEFER THIS TO JEAN OR JUSTIN THE PERMITTING WOULD TAKE LONGER THAN THE OCTOBER DEADLINE MOST LIKELY. >> FOR A 10-FOOT DOCK? >> WHAT WHAT I UNDERSTAND DOING PERMITTING WITH ST. JOHN'S RIVER IS NOT A QUICK PERMITTING PROCESS AT THIS TIME. >> YES. WITH A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING SLATED THAT REQUIRE ANY TYPE OF DESIGN AND ENGINEERING ARE RUNNING BETWEEN SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS ON THE DESIGN PHASE ALONE. SO WHEN YOU ARE TALKING OF ST.JOHN WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, THE PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT PROJECT OF GOING THROUGH ST. JOHN'S WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT TOOK UP TO A YEAR. AGAIN WITH THAT TIMELINE OF GETTING THE PROJECT PERMITTED, INSTALLED WITHIN LESS THAN A YEAR'S TIME-FRAME THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DECISION WOULD NEED TO BE MADE ON BUT THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS WE'RE DEALING WITH REGARDLESS OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST FOR A 10-FOOT DOCK? >> IT CAN RUN BETWEEN I WOULD SAY 300 TO 500K DEPENDING ON WHAT CONSTRUCTION OR PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS WILL COME OUT OF THAT. AND AGAIN ALL OF THAT WILL COME OUT OF THAT STUDY WHAT WILL BE NEEDED. UNTIL WE GET INTO THE WEEDS OF THAT WE WON'T HAVE CONCRETE DOLLARS. >> THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN A RESIDENTIAL DOCK? PEOPLE ARE NOT SPENDING THAT MUCH ON A DOCK. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. >> YES, MA'AM. BUT THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS WE'RE DOING. WHETHER WE ARE REPAIRING THE DOCK 30,000 IS HOW WE REPAIRED THE DOCK AT GOVERNOR'S CREEK AND THAT WAS REPLACING NOT GOING TO BE PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS. SO THAT IS JUST WHAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH. AND WITH THE UNKNOWN VARIABLES WHAT WILL BE REQUIRED BY ST.JOHN WATER MANAGEMENT HAVING THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT. >> THE SCOPE OF WORK OR TRACKING WAS INACCURATE. A 10 FOOT DOCK IS NOT A MILLION DOLLARS. WHAT IS THE SCOPE? >> WELL, I MEAN RIGHT NOW WHEN THE PEOPLE PUT THEIR BOAT IN THE WATER THEY HAVE TO WADE IN THE WATER TO GET IN THEIR BOAT THERE'S NOTHING THERE. PERSONALLY I FEEL LIKE WE IGNORE THAT AREA. SO I WOULD LIKE A SMALL SOMETHING TO WHERE THEY COULD TIE IT UP AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE GATORS WHEN THEY WADE OUT INTO THE WATER BECAUSE THERE'S BIG ONES OUT THERE. THAT IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. AND IT'S NOT LIKE A HUGE NEED AS FAR AS HOW MANY PEOPLE GOT THERE AT ONE TIME. BUT IT WAS JUST FOR THEM TO HAVE SOMETHING TO TIE IT UP AND WALK IN INSTEAD OF HAVING TO WADE IN THE WATER. IT WAS A SMALL I DON'T THINK THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM TO PUT A LONG DOCK THERE. >> SO KNOWING WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, I THINK $100,000 WOULD BE ACCURATE PERMITTING AND COULD BE A POTENTIAL. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE SCOPE -- >> DON'T FORGET YOU ARE TALKING A DOCK THAT MAYBE OLDER AND MAY HAVE TO BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. >> THERE IS NO DOCK THERE. >> YOU MAY HAVE TO BRING THE AREA INTO COMPLIANCE FOR ADA IF YOU ARE GOING TO ALLOW THERE'S OTHER FACTORS THAN JUST BUILDING A DOCK. >> THERE IS. >> SO IF WE DO WE HAVE TO DECIDE THAT TONIGHT OR CAN WE SINCE YOU DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT OR SO THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING CAN WE CHECK INTO IT? >> YES, MA'AM. AGAIN, I THINK MY BIGGER CONCERN WOULD BE THE TIMELINESS WHETHER IF YOU ARE USING ARPA MONEY WHETHER IT'S 100,000 OR A MILLION IT'S CAN WE GET THE PROJECT DONE DESIGNED AND BUILT WITHIN A YEAR PERMITTED AND EVERYTHING. BECAUSE THAT IS THE CONCERN THE STAFF HAS WE HAVE TO SPEND IT BY OCTOBER SO WE HAVE BASICALLY 12 MONTHS WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW TO SPEND WHATEVER MONEY WE ALLOCATE. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT IS WHY I ASKED YOU AND YOU I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE TO FIND OUT FROM THEM. SO BUT ANYWAY. [02:00:03] I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO ASK THEN. I WOULD THEY KNOW MORE THAN I DO ABOUT THAT KIND OF THING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OPTIONS WOULD BE. >> AND ONE OF THE THINGS, TOO, MA'AM WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN AND PART OF THAT IS THAT ANALYSIS AND NEED AS ASSESSMENT AND IT WILL BE HOTSPOTS WHERE TO ADD DIFFERENT AMENITIES. WE HAVE BOATER IMPROVEMENT FUNDS THAT WE CAN ALLOCATE TOWARD ANY TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT OR ADDITION OR EXPANSION TO OUR CURRENT BOAT RAMPS OR LAND ACQUISITION. SO THAT'S A FUNDING SOURCE WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT GIVES US MORE TIME TO GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS AND THE DESIGN PHASE TO GIVE YOU A MORE CONCRETE ANSWER BUT THERE IS A FUNDING SOURCE AVAILABLE FOR THAT. AND NEXT MAY, JUNE WE WILL HAVE THAT SYSTEM MASTER PLAN WHERE WE EXPAND OUR BOATER ACCESS AND UTILIZE THE FUNDS APPROPRIATELY. SO THERE IS ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE. >> OK. >> COMMISSIONER RENNINGER? >> JUSTIN DON'T GO AWAY. DESCRIBE THE CONCEPT OF PARKS ON THE GO. >> OK. THIS IS ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS I'VE SEEN. STAFF WE CAME BACK FROM FRPA CONFERENCE IN ORLANDO AND CITY OF PLANTATION THEY HAVE A UNIQUE CONCEPT CALLED A FUN AMBULANCE THEY TOOK AN AMBULANCE AND CONVERT TO DO TO A MOBILE PARKS AND REC UNIT WITH THE BOTTOM DECK PULLS OUT A TV TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES OR A BASKETBALL GOES ON THE SIDE IT'S MUSIC AND LIGHTS AND RECREATIONAL GAMES TO YOU CAN TAKE RECREATIONAL TO NOT ONLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES OR AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE EASY WALKABLE PARK ACCESS, BUT YOU CAN SETUP AT DIFFERENT EVENT SITES AND IT'S LIKE A REC STATION TO WHERE YOU CAN PULL OUT PING PONG AND CORN HOLE AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND GAMES. THINK OF AN ICE CREAM TRUCK FOR RECREATION AND THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHETHER IT BE A CARGO VAN OR AMBULANCE OR MINIATURE FIRE TRUCK THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF WAYS TO CONVERT REC SPACE AND TAKING IT TO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOU CAN HAVE A MINIATURE BLOCK PARTY IT IS A COOL CONCEPT THAT OUR REC DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING INTO DOING. AND HAVING FUNDING FOR THAT WOULD BE A COOL IDEA FOR CLAY COUNTY. >> AND THIS QUESTION APPLIES TO LIBRARY ON THE GO. THESE ARE THE -- DON'T RUN AWAY. LIBRARIES AS WELL, MANNING WISE, PERSONNEL WISE, WHAT INCREASE IN PERSONNEL IS ONE OF THESE OR BOTH OF THESE CONCEPTS GOING TO REQUIRE? >> I THINK YOU MAY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT ANSWERS ON THAT REQUIREMENT. I WILL DEFER TO JUSTIN AND MARY. >> I WILL HOP IN. IF YOU ARE TALKING STAFFING WE HAVE A REC SUPERINTENDENT WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT COORDINATOR AND HIRING TWO REC AIDES THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW UP TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ANDS PROVIDE THE SERVICES. WE DO HAVE CLAY DAYS WHERE WE ARE LOADING THAT EQUIPMENT INTO OUR JEEP AND GOING TO PARKS AND MOBILIZING. HAVING A VEHICLE TO WHERE IT CAN ALL BE ALL IN ONE WITH DIFFERENT ATTACHMENTS AND UNITS YOU CAN PLAY WITH ON THAT VEHICLE AND OUTSIDE. TWO TO THREE STAFF DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER YOU ARE LOOKING AT. THE STAFFING THAT CAN DO THAT? >> YES. >> YOU WOULD USE YOUR CURRENT STAFFING? >> WE WOULD NOT NEED ADDITIONAL STAFFING AT THIS TIME SIR FOR PARKS AND REC. >> BUT THE LIBRARIAN MAY. >> MARY DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES FOR CLAY COUNTY. ICE CREAM TRUCK BUT OUR VISION IS TO HAVE A MOBILE LIBRARY GO THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE ESPECIALLY PROGRAMMING SERVICES. SO WE WOULD FOCUS ON POP-UP PROGRAMMING MOVEMENT ON THE GO TO DO HEALTH AND WELLNESS, STEM ON THE GO ARTS AND CRAFTS ON THE GO, STORY TIME ON THE GO. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT PROGRAMMING WE WOULD HAVE A BOUTIQUE A SMALL COLLECTION OF MATERIALS AS WE DISCUSSED WE FELT THAT BOOKS WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT POPULAR FICTION, POPULAR NONFICTION FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND THE TEEN BOOKS TO CHECK OUT. WE WOULD CHECK OUT YFY SHOT SPOTS ANDS SIGN UP FOR LIBRARY CARDS SO INDIVIDUALS WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. WE HAVE LOOKED INTO A MOBILE HOTSPOT YFY HUB ANYWHERE OUR VEHICLE WENT 32 PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS WI-FI FREE AROUND US. I DID LOOK INTO VEHICLES WE HAVE A STATE CONTRACT WITH FORD I DON'T HAVE A PRICE BUT THE VEHICLE I WAS LOOKING AT IS A FORD TRANSIT F350. IT IS A 19-AND-A-HALF FOOT VAN ITS ROOF CAN EXPAND WHICH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP TO PUT OUR THINGS IN AND OUT. I CAN GIVE YOU THE PRICES ON THAT IF THAT IS SOMETHING YOU ARE INTERESTED IN OR KEEP GOING [02:05:03] AND TELL YOU THE VAN WOULD NEED TO BE MODIFIED TO HOUSE THE MOBILE STORAGE UNIT. WE WOULD NEED A LIFT IN THE BACK TO GET OUR UNITS ON AND OFF THE VEHICLE. WE'D NEED A GENERATOR TO RUN THE AC FANS AND THE COMPUTERS. OF COURSE WE WOULD ASK FOR FULL GRAPHIC COLOR WRAP SO WHEREVER WE GO IN THE COUNTY WHATEVER EVENTS PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE THE LIBRARY. WITH THE RETRACTIBLE AWNING. WE LOOKED INTO FIXTURES WE WOULD NEED INCLUDING MOBILE STORAGE UNITS, BOO CARTS TO ATTACH TO THE WALLS OF THE VAN SO THE BOOKS WOULD GO ON THERE AS WELL AS CABINETS TO GO ABOVE THE BOOK CARTS WE WOULD UTILIZE ALL THE SPACE WE HAVE. WE WOULD NEED NEW SUPPLIES INCLUDING A NEW TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AS SUPPLIES FOR THOSE PROGRAMMING EVENTS. NEW CHAIRS, TABLES TO TAKE WITH US AS WE DO PROGRAMMING. WE'D HAVE A SMALL COLLECTION. WE WOULD RECOMMEND SIX STORAGE UNITS IT WOULD BE EASY TO DETERMINE WHICH PROGRAMMING WE WERE DOING TO PUT ON AND OFF THE UNIT AND WE WOULD NEED AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL FTE TO DO THIS. WE BELIEVE THAT TWO PEOPLE A TIME WHEREVER WE ARE GOING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. WE HAVE A PROGRAMMING TEAM THAT HAS TWO ADULT PROGRAMMERS. WE COULD SCALE BACK ON SOME OF THE ADULT PROGRAMMING THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE BRANCH IN ORDER TO ALLOW SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING TEAM TO RIDE WITH THE NEW FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT. I DID LOOK INTO MORE EXPENSIVE VEHICLES BUT I WENT WITH THE -- I WAS EXCITED BUT I WENT WITH THE PAIRED DOWN ONE. I SPOKE TO ONE COMPANY AND IT WAS WAY PAST OUR BUDGET. >> YOU'VE THOUGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING. >> WE TRIED REALLY HARD. >> THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION IT DOESN'T INVOLVE LIBRARIES OR PARKS. THANK YOU. >> DON'T GO TOO FAR, MARY. >> THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS SEPTIC TO SEWER. WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THERE CONNECTION? >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE IS A SENATE BILL HOUSE BILL THAT REQUIRES BOTH -- >> BOTH THE SENATE AND HOUSE UP COMING HERE IN REQUIREMENTS IT WAS BRIEFED IF YOU ALL REMEMBER WHEN JEREMY WAS HERE AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING REQUIREMENT FROM THE HOUSE BILL IS TO HAVE THIS PLAN BY JULY 2024. AND TO INCORPORATE WHAT IT WOULD COST IN THE PLAN FOR US TO TRANSITION FROM SEPTIC TO SEWER. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU IMMEDIATELY TRANSITION. IT IS A PLAN THAT COULD TAKE MANY, MANY YEARS AHEAD. BUT AS WAS BRIEFED BEFORE, THE COSTS AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THESE NEW AEROBIC SEPTIC TANKS WERE ALMOST EQUAL OR THE COST OF A REGULAR CONNECTION TO SEWER. SO I THINK THIS WAS KIND OF LOOKED AT TO PARTNER WITH CCUA TO GET THIS PLAN AND TO HAVE THE PLAN READY TO GO AND THEN MONIES WILL BECOME AVAILABLE AS IT PROGRESSES FORWARD TO ENACT THE PLAN AT WHATEVER LEVEL WE HAVE THOSE MONIES FOR. >> I BELIEVE THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS. >> I ASKED QUESTIONS OF OUR CONTRACTED ENGINEERING SERVICES. I CALLED AND TALKED WITH BRIAN WHO HAS THE WATER AND WASTEWATER AND THEN MY MIND IS LEAVING ME RIGHT NOW. SORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT ONE OF THEIR GENTLEMAN WHO DOES THE STUDIES THEY PREPARED THESE FOR OTHER COUNTIES YOU KNOW CLAY IS UNIQUE IN THE FACT WE DON'T OWN THE UTILITY BUT HE SAID BRIAN SAID THE SENATE BILL REQUIRES YOU THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE BY FEBRUARY OF 24 AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE HAS TO BE UPDATED BY JULY 1 OF 24 AND HE SAID THAT HE CAN HELP GUIDE THAT PROCESS. HE SAID IF YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE PLANS IN PLACE, AND THEN YOU GO TO DEP OR THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT FOR ANY OF THOSE KIND OF COST SHARE PROJECTS OR MATCHING FUNDS THEY WILL SAY YOU'RE OUT WHERE IS YOUR PLAN. THAT'S WHAT THE PRECIPICE FOR THIS IS BECAUSE ALL OF THE CLAY COUNTY AS WE LEARNED LAST MEETING IS IN THE LOWER ST. JOHN'S MAP SO WE WILL BE REQUIRED. AND THE INTERESTING THING IS UP UNTIL THIS POINT KIND OF BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY'VE BEEN LED, OUTSIDE OF DOCTORS LAKE, NONE OF THE PLACES THAT CCUA IS CURRENTLY EXPANDING WILL ADDRESS THE SEPTIC TANK ISSUES. SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS THAT THE STATE HAS BEEN PRETTY CLEAR THEY DON'T WANT ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS APPROVED WITH SEPTIC TANKS. AND WE'VE HAD SOME COME IN PROPOSALS COME AND WE DIDN'T APPROVE THEM IN LAKE AS BURY BEFORE WE HAD THE MORATORIUM. [02:10:01] THAT IS WHERE THIS CAME FROM. I DON'T KNOW IF 300,000 IS RIGHT. I HAD ASKED IF THEY COULD GET CHOICE OF NUMBERS AHEAD OF TIME AND THEY DIDN'T GET THOSE TO US. I'M GOING DOWN ACTUALLY LATER THIS EVENING TO ORLANDO FOR THE LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE SO I CAN HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS AND BRING BACK MORE INFORMATION IF THAT IS. >> THAT IS CERTAINLY AN EFFORT WE NEED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO. I ENDORSE THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY. >> THAT IS ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER? >> SO I WANTED TO MAYBE GET MORE CLARIFICATION ON THE LIBRARY ON THE GO. MY DISTRICT CONSISTENTLY ASKS ME QUESTIONS ABOUT A LIBRARY BECAUSE OAK LEAF DOESN'T HAVE ONE. AND THIS LIBRARY ON THE GO ON THE GO SOUNDS VERY INVOLVED BUT I DON'T HAVE A VISUAL CONCEPT FOR WHAT I WOULD BE PITCHING TO THE COMMUNITY. WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE PAINTING A PICTURE FOR THEM. THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON AS YOU DESCRIBEDDED THAT. >> SO IMAGINE A LARGE VAN BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITHIN THAT VAN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING MATERIALSES TO CHECK OUT, HOTSPOTS INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR THEIR LIBRARY CARDS AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, AND AGAIN THAT COLLECTION WOULD BE SMALL DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF SPACE ON THE VAN ITSELF AND THE VEHICLE ITSELF. SO IN ADDITION TO THAT WE WOULD BRING PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WHERE WE'RE NOT OFFERING IT NOW. SO STORY TIMES COULD BECOME A WEEKLY EVENT FOR INDIVIDUALS IN YOUR AREA AS WELL AS ARTS AND CRAFT PROGRAMS WHICH ARE POPULAR WITH ADULTS AND WITH SENIORS. AND IT COULD BE DAY EVENTS, NIGHT EVENTS, WEEKEND EVENTS WE WOULD BRING STEM FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES 5 AND UNDER AND 6-11. AND THE SAME WITH WE CALL THEM IN THE BRANCHES LITTLE CREATORS. AND LITTLE EXPLORERS WE WOULD DO THE SAME PROGRAMMING WE'RE DOING IN THE BRANCHES BUT BRINGING IT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. >> WOULD THESE BE OUTDOO EVENTS? >> YES, THEY WOULD BE OUTDOOR EVENTS BECAUSE THE VAN IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO HOUSE THAT MANY PEOPLE INSIDE. SO WHAT WE DID IS THE WAY WE PLANNED IT AND ALSO DUE TO THE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS IS MADE IT SO WE COULD TRANSPORT WE WOULD INCLUDE TENTS WE CHOSE TABLES THAT RISE UP AND GO DOWN SO LITTLE CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO SIT ON CHAIRS THAT ARE LOWER AND BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. YES, UNFORTUNATELY, THE WEATHER COULD HAVE AN EFFECT ON THAT. >> THE ONLY THING I ADD UNLESS YOU ARE IN A PLACE THAT YOU BROUGHT THE BUS OR THE VEHICLE TO AND THEN THERE WAS A COMMUNITY CENTER THERE WE COULD PARTNER WITH SO YOU BRING THE STUFF AND UNLOAD IT INTO THE COMMUNITY CENTER I THINK THERE'S OPTIONS THERE OF EITHER TRULY OUTDOORS OR THE STUFF IS THERE SO YOU CAN ROLL IT INTO A FACILITY IF THERE WAS A FACILITY AVAILABLE. >> THE IMPERATIVE QUOTE IS IF THERE WOULD BE A FACILITY AVAILABLE. >> I AGREE. >> MARY COMMISSIONER OR ANY OTHER ANY OTHER CONSTITUENT COULD THEY ORDER LIKE, I KNOW ONE OF THE FUN THINGS IN A LIBRARY IS TO BROWSE I LIKE TO BROWSE AND LOOK AT BOOKS. >> I DO, TOO. >> BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD ONLY BE THE OPTION WITH THE LIMITED AMOUNT YOU HAD. BUT IF THEY KNEW OF A SPECIFIC TITLE THAT THEY WERE REQUESTING INSTEAD OF PICKING IT UP INSIDE THE ORANGEBURG LIBRARY COULD THEY PICK IT UP AT YOUR LOCATION? >> ABSOLUTELY, YES, MA'AM BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE THE CAPACITY TO CHECK OUT ITEMS THERE THAT WOULD BECOME NOT A LOCKER BUT WOULD BECOME A SOURCE AND SO IF THEY KNEW WE HAD A SCHEDULE AND WE WERE ALWAYS GOING TO A SPECIFIC AREA, ON TUESDAYS BETWEEN 4-6, THEN THEY WOULD KNOW THAT THEIR ITEMS WOULD COME ON THOSE DAYS. IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE AVAILABLE THE NEXT DAY. IT WOULD BE BASED ON THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND HOW SOON WE COULD GET OUT TO THAT AREA BUT ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN TAKE RETURNS AT THE SAME TIME. SO THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL TO PICK UP THEIR HOLDS. >> IF YOU EVER WANT TO SEE A VIDEO OF THE OTHER ONE, I WILL SAY THERE IS A GREAT VIDEO OF JUSTIN PLAYING BASKETBALL ON THE PARK ON THE GO SOMEWHERE. PUTTING THAT OUT THERE FOR ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO KNOW. >> OK. >> DO YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A COMMENT. IT MAY HELP YOU VISUALIZE IT. ORANGE PARK DID MOVIE NIGHTS IN THE ORANGE PARK, PARK THERE AT TOWN HALL. AND THEY PROVIDED AND I CAN SEE STORYTELLING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN A PUBLIC AREA LIKE THAT EVENING, PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, I CAN SEE AND WE USED [02:15:02] TO HAVE 7500 KIDS SHOW UP FOR MOVIE NIGHT. IF YOU HAVE STORYTELLING OR SOME OTHER FUNCTION LIKE THAT I CAN SEE THIS WOULD BE HIGHLY USED. >> YES. I'M ALL FOR MEETING THAT NEED BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED BEFORE I GET THAT QUESTION REGULARLY WHICH IS WHY I WAS ASKING IF THE COUNTY WHAT EFFORTS THERE ARE TO BRINGING A LIBRARY TO OAK LEAF AND WE'VE BEEN DOING RESEARCH AND COURTNEY WAS ABLE TO FIND THIS PROPERTY THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD APPARENTLY FOR MANY YEARS THAT'S ACTUALLY IN OAK LEAF PHASE ONE PART OF THAT PARCEL IS OWNED BY THE CDD. AND COURTNEY IF YOU WOULD GIVE US SOME CONTEXT FOR ACQUIRING THAT LAND, WHAT CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN HAD AND WHAT HOW THE CDD WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH US ON THAT. >> SO IT'S IN AN OVAL SHAPE WHEREAS PART OF THE CDD THERE ARE PARKING SPACES AROUND THE ENTIRE OVAL. AND HALF OF IT WAS ALREADY GIVEN TO THE COUNTY AND LABELED FOR LIBRARY USE. THE OTHER HALF THE CDD STILL OWNS. THE IDEA EVEN THOUGH THAT SPACE IS NOT PARTICULARLY LARGE ENOUGH TO HAVE A LIBRARY ON ITS OWN THE IDEA THE PARKING WOULD BE THE SPACE AROUND IT WHERE THEY HAVE PUT THE PARKING SPACES. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE CDD AND THEY ARE AMENABLE TO WORKING WITH US TO FACILITATE US. WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW THE EXACT TERMS ON ACQUIRING THE OTHER HALF OF THE OVAL. SO THAT PERHAPS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR US OR THE CDD TO DO ANYTHING ON OUR OWN. >> HOW BIG IS THE PLAT? .46 WAS OURS AND THE OTHER .5 SOMETHING EQUALS ABOUT AN ACRE APPROXIMATELY. FROM WHAT I REMEMBER. >> THE CDD'S INTEREST IN HAVING SOMETHING HAPPEN THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SAME ISSUE THAT WE HAVE. >> SO IN LOOKING AD THAT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CDD AND ALSO I'M LOOKING FOR BIG PICTURE WHAT IS IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHAT LIFT IS IT TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION? I LOVE WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO MITIGATE THAT VOID IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTY WITH A LIBRARY ON THE GO. THAT'S A HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I JUST BECAUSE THIS IS SO UNCONVENTIONAL IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOMETIME I CAN IMAGINE FOR PEOPLE TO WRAP THEIR MINDS AROUND THIS. BUT IT'S AGAIN IT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I WANT TO CEASE THAT OPPORTUNITY WHILE ALSO ASSUAGING THE CONCERNS HERE THAT THE COUNTY IS NOT LOOKING TO ADDRESS SOMETHING MORE PERMANENT. SO AT LEAST AT THE VERY LEAST, WE CAN SAY THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING OUR OPTIONS AS IT RELATES TO A LIBRARY IN PHASE TWO. OR PHASE ONE. PHASE ONE OF OAK LEAF. YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR OTHER PROJECTS. I WILL WAIT. >> YOU WANTED TO ADD YOU ARE ASKING TO ADD THE ACQUIRING OF THAT PIECE OF LAND TO THIS LIST? >> WELL, I JUST WANT THE PARTICULARS OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE THE CDD IS NOT ASKING US TO PURCHASE THE LAND OUT RIGHT. AS I UNDERSTAND IT THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO DO. THEY WANT COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION AND PUT SOMETHING THERE AS IT RELATES TO A LIBRARY. >> OK. I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND ARE YOU ASKING US TO TONIGHT DECIDE TO TAKE SOME OF THESE 3.5 MILLION OF ARPA FUNDS AND PUT TOWARDS THAT OR JUST THE LIBRARY ON THE GO? >> I THINK THAT SOME OF THE ARPA FUNDS NEED TO BE -- WELL, IT'S NOT -- I GUESS I NEED DIRECTION ON HOW MUCH WOULD NEED TO BE ALLOCATED FOR US TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION TO GET CLARITY HOW WE COULD MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THIS WOULD COST TRUTHFULLY. BUT I DO KNOW THAT MOVING FORWARD IN TRYING TO CODIFY THE NEED OR WHAT WE COULD DO WITH THAT SPACE IS PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE RESOURCES. [02:20:02] I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH. >> I'M NOT 100% SURE THAT THE CDD HAS I AM 100% SURE THEY HAVE NOT QUOTE AGREED TO GIVE US THE LAND. SO I MEAN I THINK ACQUISITION IS SOMETHING THAT IF THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN ACQUIRING THE OTHER WE NEED TO GO BACK AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM. BUT SEPARATE AND APART FROM WHATEVER THAT EXPENSE MAY BE, I GUESS IT DEPENDS WHAT TYPE OF A FACILITY YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AND THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE EVALUATED. >> AND THAT IS THE NEXT ORDER OF STEPS IS IF THE BOARD DESIRES IT WOULD BE CAN WE ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY YES OR NO IF WE CAN WHAT IS THE COST OF ACQUIRING IT? IF IT IS ZERO TO X WHATEVER THAT IS, THAT WOULD BE YOUR SECOND STEP. YOUR THIRD STEP WOULD BE THEN TO PUT IT INTO A BUDGET FOR A DESIGN. A DESIGN I'M GUESSING LOOKING TO JEAN TO DESIGN A 3,000 SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING YOU ARE TALKING $150,000 FOR DESIGN. AND THEN CONSTRUCTION AFTER THAT. SO ALL THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PROGRAMMED THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WOULD HAVE TO BE PROGRAMMED INTO THE BUDGET AT SOME FUTURE YEAR. >> AFTER ACQUISITION? >> I WOULD THINK SO BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOARD WOULD WANT TO COMMIT TO DESIGN BEFORE THEY. >> NO, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. >> THE FOUR STEPS, RIGHT. >> OK. SO I THINK WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR WHEN HOWARD AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE WE IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE WE NEEDED TO DISCUSS WHETHER ANY DOLLAR AMOUNTS WOULD NEED TO BE ALLOCATED TO EXPLORING OUR OPTION WITH THE CDD. AM I MISTAKEN? IF THAT IS NOT THE CASE WE CAN QUELL THIS CONVERSATION. >> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT ANSWER YET. I THINK WHAT WE WOULD GET AND GET BOARD DIRECTION TO PURSUE ACQUIRING THAT OTHER PARCEL. AND WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD AND WHATEVER LEVEL LIKE TROY SAID IF THERE WOULD BE A DOLLAR AMOUNT OR NOT OR WOULD THEY BE WILLING TO WORK WITH US TO PUT A COMMUNITY CENTER/LIBRARY THAT IS MULTIUSE IT IS NOT JUST ONE. I THINK FIRST WOULD BE IS TO GET BOARD DIRECTION ON THAT TO SEE IF THERE'S THAT MOVE. WHEN IT COMES TO THE DESIGN PORTION OF IT, OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP. AGAIN, I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE IT BUDGETED THE DESIGN PORTION, IF THERE WAS A DESIRE OF THE BOARD TO SET ASIDE $150,000 FOR THE DESIGN IN HOPES OR BEING OPTIMISTIC IT WOULD MOVE FORWARD WE COULD ACQUIRE THE PARCEL AND MOVE FORWARD THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP THAT I COULD SEE. AND BEYOND THAT IT'S FUTURE YEARS AFTER THAT. THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT THAT PROJECT WITHIN CIP AND TO UNDERSTAND WHERE FUNDING FOR THAT WOULD COME FROM. OBVIOUSLY JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, WE HAVE IMPACT FEES RIGHT AS AN EXAMPLE. THAT COULD BE USED TOWARDS THAT FOR THAT DISTRICT. >> I GUESS MADAM CHAIR IT'S MY REQUEST THAT WE SET ASIDE WHATEVER I GUESS IT'S THE AMOUNT TO BE DETERMINED FOR ACQUIRING THAT LAND FROM THE CDD SHOULD IT COME TO THAT IS THE REQUEST I'M MAKING. >> FOR ARPA MONEY? >> IS THAT HOW THAT -- >> THE DISCUSSION IS ARPA. >> HERE IS WHY I'M ASKING YOU. BECAUSE THIS LIST TOTALS ALREADY OVER THREE-AND-A-HALF MILLION. IF WE CAN'T FUND -- IF WE CHOSE TO DO EVERYTHING ON THIS LIST WHICH THEY SOUND LIKE THEY ARE REASONABLE AND VERY NEEDED, ITEMS, THEN IF WE CAN'T FUND ALL OF THEM THEN THE OTHER OPTION IS TO FUND THROUGH CIP TO PUT THEM ON THE LIST AND WHEN WE REVIEW CIP WE CAN MAKE OTHER CHOICES KIND OF SOUNDS TO ME LIKE RIGHT NOW THE MOST THE BEST -- WHAT I'M THINKING THE BEST USE OF MONEY BECAUSE I AGREE FULLY THAT THERE SHOULD BE LIBRARY SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY THAT ARE NOT TODAY. IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT POSSIBLY SOME SORT OF JOINT GOVERNMENT COMPLEX TO MEET THAT NEED THE AREA AND COUNTY SERVICES, I KNOW THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS ALWAYS TALKS TO US ABOUT PRECINCT SPACE. SO I THINK THERE PROBABLY ARE FUTURE USES SO I THINK THE LIBRARY ON THE GO IS YOUR BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK RIGHT NOW AND SAY YOUR CDD COMES BACK AND SAYS WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH OUR HALF OF THE ACRE SO AS LONG AS THE COUNTY PUTS A LIBRARY THERE OR SOMETHING TO BENEFIT THE CITIZENS WE'RE WILLING TO LET YOU BUILD IT THERE. THEN THAT CHANGES THE COST BUT [02:25:05] IF BECAUSE IF WE PUT 150 IF WE DO THE 250 OF THE LIBRARY ON THE GO. WHICH YOU ARE GOING TO GET IMMEDIATE YOUR PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY ARE GOING TO UTILIZE THOSE SERVICES I THINK YOUR CONSTITUENTS WILL BECAUSE THOSE ESPECIALLY MOMS WITH KIDS THAT WANT TO GO TO STORY TIME THEY DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE HALF AN HOUR. THAT WOULD BE VERY USEFUL. AND THEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WHEN YOU HAVE WHEN THEY HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO COME BACK WITH THEN OF COURSE TROY CAN BRING US THAT TO LOOK AT FOR CIP. >> IF I MAY, CHAIR? >> I WILL REMIND THE BOARD THERE IS $2 MILLION IN CIP FOR LAND ACQUISITION NEXT YEAR THAT IS ALREADY SET ASIDE FOR ANY LAND PURCHASES THAT COUNTY NEEDS TO MAKE. MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO SAY ALLOW THE STAFF TO RESEARCH AT THE BOARD'S DIRECTION THE ABILITY TO BUY THAT PROPERTY IF OR TO ACQUIRE THAT PROPERTY OR WHATEVER IF THE BOARD'S DESIRE AT THAT POINT IN TIME IS TO PURSUE THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, WE ALREADY HAVE $2 MILLION SITTING IN AN ACCOUNT TO ACQUIRE LAND THAT LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR WITH FIRE STATIONS. >> BUT YOU HAVE FIRE STATION 15 ON THEIR PARTIAL. >> PARTIAL BECAUSE THAT WAS A REQUEST THAT I WAS ASKED TO PUT ON FOR STATION 15 SEPARATELY. I'M SAYING YOU DO HAVE LAND ACQUISITION MONEY SET ASIDE IN THE BOARD BNG IN CIP ALREADY. YOU COULD SAY I DON'T WANT TO DO STATION 15 OUT OF THIS AND I DON'T WANT TO DO THE LIBRARY OUT OF THE ARPA MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE LAND ACQUISITION MONEY SET ASIDE. THE BOARD HAS OPTIONS. >> CAN YOU RECONCILE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR PARTIAL PROPERTY FOR THE FIRE STATION AND ACQUISITION FOR THE PARTIAL PROPERTY WITH THE CDD? LIKE I GUESS I'M FAILING TO UNDERSTAND IF WE CAN LINE ITEM ACQUISITION WITH ARPA FUNDS ACQUISITION OF LAND WITH ARPA FUNDS WHY THEN WOULDN'T THAT APPLY HERE? >> YOU CAN. I'M NOT SAYING YOU CAN'T. WE WERE ASKED TO PUT THAT MILLION DOLLARS ON THIS LIST WHEN WE ASKED PEOPLE FOR ARPA PROJECTS. THAT'S WHY IT GOT PUT ON THIS LIST. >> COMMISSIONER BURKE IN. >> I THOUGHT THAT NOBODY AGREED TO SELL THAT CDD TO US? WHAT WAS THE ANSWER I THOUGHT THAT IS THERE AN AGREEMENT WE CAN BUY THAT? THE COUNTY? >> THERE IS NOT AN OFFICIAL AGREEMENT BUT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH US TO EITHER TRANSITION OUR PART TO THEM OR THEIR PART TO US. THEY WANT SOMETHING DONE WITH THAT PROPERTY. SO WE REACHED OUT TO THEM BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THE PART WE HAVE IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH. >> AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO AGREEMENT AND ALSO NO INSIDE SCOOP AS TO WHAT THEY HAVE IN MIND IN TERMS OF USING THAT PROPERTY. >> WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF WE CAN DO IT BY THAT TIME THE DEAL WITH ARPA. >> NO. >> IS WHAT I'M WORRIE ABOUT. >> ACQUISITION? >> I MEAN I THINK WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THEIR PROPOSAL FAIRLY QUICKLY. I DON'T THINK THE TIME-FRAME I THINK IT'S WHAT YOU DO WITH THE PROPERTY WOULD BE THE OTHER ISSUE. >> I REMIND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY THEY HAVE A FIVE-MEMBER BOARD THAT ALSO ACTS SO I'M NOT AS CONFIDENT THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO BE AS QUICK TO MAKE THAT DECISION JUST HAVING SAT ON THE CDD BOARD FOR 12 YEARS I'VE SEEN IT UP CLOSE. SO I THINK THERE'S ANY NUMBER OF WAYS YOU CAN APPROACH THIS. YOU CAN TAKE A STAB AT A CERTAIN NUMBER BUT THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS BACKFILL WITH SOME OF THE TWO MILLION THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE FIRE STATION PUT ON THERE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WHATEVER THE PROPERTY IS THAT WE GO AFTER IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE THAN A MILLION WHY THEY SAY IT'S PARTIAL. IN THIS SITUATION WE HAVE IDENTIFICATION OF A SPECIFIC PARCEL BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE TALKING ABOUTTIVING IT TO US OR CHARGE US OR DO THEY WANT TO THEY CAN ASSESS THEIR RESIDENTS FOR SPECIFIC PROJECT IF THEY WANTED TO THEY COULD PARTICIPATE IN RAISING MONEYS TO HELP BUILD IT AND HAVE IT BE A JOINT VENTURE. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS WE HAVE CONSTRAINTS ON TIME AND SPECIFICS AS FAR AS THIS PARTICULAR MONEY IS CONCERNED. WE HAVE MORE TIME AND ABILITY TO TAKE THE MONEY OUT OF THE WITH THE TWO MILLION ACQUISITION. IT IS UP TO YOU NOW TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD MORE INFORMATION AS TO HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH THE JOINT VENTURE WHETHER THEY WENT TO SELL IT TO US OR BUY OURS. WE ARE NOT IN THAT TIMELINE TO [02:30:02] FIGURE THAT OUT JUST YET UNTIL WE GET MORE FEEDBACK. >> YOU HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS. IT WAS ACTIVE 6 OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE YOUR PROPOSALS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO. >> I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH GO WITH THE FLOW IF I COULD. I LIKE TO GO WITH THE FREE MEDICAL CARE ON THE GO. THE WAY FREE MEDICAL CLINIC WITH THEIR TRAILER WHICH WOULD BE SORT OF A LOBBY MEDICAL OFFICE PULLED BY A VEHICLE BEING ABLE TO GO TO AREAS OF THE COUNTY THAT PREVIOUSLY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE SERVED BY THEIR FREE MEDICAL SERVICES. THAT IS A GREAT BOON TO WHAT THEY DO WHICH IS OVER A THOUSAND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TURN TO THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS IN GREEN COVE AND THEY HAVE THE NEW PLACE IN ORANGE PARK THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM O SEE PEOPLE IN KEYSTONE, CLAY HILL AND THE OAK LEAF AREA AND SOUTH AND GREEN COVE TO THE PUTNAM LINE. WE NEED TO FIND THE PLACE THAT THEY CAN DOCK AND BE ABLE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY ARE THERE. THE OTHER IS THE FACT ONCE IT'S PURCHASED WITH ARPA MONEY THE FREE MEDICAL CLINIC WILL BE PAYING THE GAS IN TERMS OF GAS AND GETTING THE PEOPLE ONBOARD TO DO THE ACTUAL MEDICAL EXAMS AND THE MEDICAL CARE. THEY GET THAT VOLUNTEERS ANYWAY. IN THIS CASE, WE ALSO PUT IN SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY SO THAT WE CAN FIND FIREHOUSE, A LIBRARY OR SOME OTHER MUNICIPAL BUILDING WHICH WE CAN THEN PUT A DOCKING STATION WITH WATER AND ELECTRICITY AND PULL UP AND DO THE SAME THING. IN FACT, SOME OF OUR ON THE GO VANS FOR BOTH RECREATION AND THE LIBRARY COULD BE USED THE SAME AREAS TO DOCK INTO. AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER MEDICAL SERVICES THAT HAVE APPROACHED US TO DO THE SAME THINGS OF THINGS IN A DIFFERENT WAY THE WAY FREE MEDICAL CLINIC HAS. WE DID DISCUSS THAT EARLIER. I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA BY DON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SPREAD THAT ABILITY TO DO MIDDLE CARE FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE IT IN OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTY AND I'M CERTAIN THAT HE WOULD LOVE TO SIT DOWN WITH EACH OF US AND FIND OUT FROM US WHAT SECTIONS OF THAT OUR DISTRICT NEEDS THAT KIND OF HELP. SO THAT'S THE FIRST ONE. WE WORKED WITH TROY TO COME UP WITH THAT SPECIFIC NUMBER AND THAT IS A TRUE NUMBER AT THIS POINT. NEXT ONE I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS THE CCDD PROPERTY CLAY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HAS PROPERTY ON COLLEGE DRIVE. THIS IS PAYMENT FOR CCUA WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO SELL THE PARCEL WHICH IS ABOUT FOUR AND THREE QUARTER ACRES TO WILL DA COOPER FOR WHAT THEY CALL ATTAINABLE HOUSING WHICH IS BY THE WAY THE CODE WORD FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHICH IS CODE WORD FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING IT IS NOW ATTAINABLE HOUSING. THEY HAVE A GREAT REPUTATION IN 15 STATES CLOSEST AREA TA THEY ARE IN IS SAVANNAH GEORGIA THEY WILL BUILD 60 PLUS UNITS TOWNHOMES AND THEY WILL ALL BE BASED OCCUPANCY WILL BE BASED ON SALARIES AND INCOME AND THEY HAVE VERY STRICT WAY THAT THEY DO THAT AND EXPLAINED ON THEIR WEBSITE. SO. >> TARGET SPECIFICALLY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES LIKE POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS. >> THEY DO. SO THIS 200,000 IS SPECIFICALLY TO GET THE WATER AND SEWER TO A POINT WHERE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TAP INTO IT. IT COSTS THEM 140,000 TO DO THAT. OURS WILL BE ABOUT 180 PLUS DESIGN AND CCUA ASSURED ME THEY CAN GET THAT DONE IN A MATTER OF NINE MONTHS AND MAYBE SOONER AND SO I'VE GOT JOSH HERE IF WE NEED TO ASK HIM ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. BUT THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO. AND THAT'S PART OF THE INITIATIVE THE COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE IS TO TRY TO BUILD OUT AND REDEVELOP THE COLLEGE DRIVE AREA. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WOULD BE MOST SURPRISED BY IS THE SEWER AND WATER DOES NOT RUN UP AND DOWN THE STREET. YOU THINK THAT SEWER AND WATER IS EVERYWHERE THERE'S BUILDINGS THAT IS NOT THE CASE ON COLLEGE DRIVE. THIS WOULD TAKE THE SEWER AND WATER FROM ANOTHER LOCATION AND THEN RUN IT UP TO COLLEGE DRIVE AND ACROSS TO THE PROPERTY AND IN THE MEANTIME THAT ALSO OPENS UP SOME OF THE OTHER PARCELS TO [02:35:01] BE ABLE TO BE UTILIZED AS ALMOST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NOW PEOPLE THAT NEED WATER AND SEWER COULD UTILIZE THOSE FACILITIES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THAT IS A GOOD NUMBER AS WELL. THEIR DOLLARS FOR THE ACTUAL PAYMENT TO CCUA IS 181,825 AND THE REST WOULD BE DESIGN AND SURVEY. THEY WOULD DESIGN IT IN-HOUSE AND GET IT DONE ACCORDING TO THEIR FOLKS AND WE MET WITH THEM THE OTHER DAY. NEPTUNE PARK PHASE TWO. YOU KNOW THIS IS PART OF A SECOND PHASE AT NEPTUNE WHICH INCLUDED ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES. I BELIEVE 50-60 PARKING SPACES WERE DONE AND A SHED. THE OTHER PART OF THAT PHASE TWO IS SUPPOSED TO BE TAKING THE SORT OF NONPLAYING AREA AND TURNING IT INTO A MULTISPORT FIELD PUTTING GRASS AND DIRT AND MAKING IT SO THAT FOOTBALL PROGRAM OR ANYBODY ELSE SOCCER ANYBODY ELSE CAN UTILIZE THAT. WITH THE INCREASE IN COSTS FOR CONSTRUCTION WE ATE UP ALL THE COSTS WITH THE ASPHALT AND THE SHED. SO ESSENTIALLY THAT IS FOR DRAINAGE FOR SOIL AND GRASS. THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR YOUR $80,000 AND IT'S A PRETDY GOOD JEAN HOW MUCH SPACE WOULD THAT BE IN TERMS OF? [INAUDIBLE] HERE COMES JUSTIN ON THE GO. >> I'M THINKING THE WAY FREE ON THE GO AND THE PARK ON THE GO, YOU KNOW, PARENTS ARE GETTING THEIR CARE KIDS CAN PLAY. >> WE COMPARE THOSE THINGS TOGETHER WITH THE SERVICES AND THE RECREATIONAL ASPECTS WE CAN PROVIDE. I DO NOT HAVE THE DIMENSIONS OF THAT SPACE BUT I DO KNOW THAT TEAMS PRACTICE T-BALL THERE. YOU CAN ANGLE THE BASES TO GET A FULL T-BALL PRACTICE OUT OF IT AND THERE HAVE BEEN FOOTBALL AND FLAG FOOTBALL USER GROUPS THAT HAVE AN OFFICIAL GAME? NO BUT IT PROVIDES THE RECREATIONAL AND PRACTICE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE ARE NEEDING SPACE FOR IN A LOT OF OUR FLEMING ISLAND AREAS WHERE WE ARE LIMITEDDED TO SPACE. IT IS A GOOD USE OF FUNDS TO GRADE THAT AND SOD IT OR SEED IT TO WHERE WE CAN HAVE ACTUAL PRAY ON THAT AREA. BECAUSE CURRENTLY IT IS DIRT. >> IT'S NASTY IN TERMS OF A COUPLE DAYS WORTH OF RAIN AND BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SET IT UP FOR DRAINAGE WHEN WE DID THE FIELDS ALL THAT WATER DRAINS INTO THAT AREA. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> THANK YOU, SIR. SO THAT'S THE NEPTUNE PARK PLAN. THE STUDIO STET UP AT EOC CAME ABOUT WHEN WE HAD A CLOSE CALL WITH IDALIA. AND THINKING HURRICANE LEE BUT IDALIA. YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO WE DO A GOOD JOB AND WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB IS TO COMMUNICATE AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT THEY ARE WORKING AT IMPROVING EVERYTHING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO IS COMMUNICATE OUT OF THE EOC AND THAT REQUIRES CERTAIN TYPES OF EQUIPMENT. AND IT ALSO MEANS THAT WE'VE GOT TO BE SETUP AND READY TO GO AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE WHETHER IT IS FOR A WEATHER SITUATION LIKE A HURRICANE LIKE A TORNADO, ALSO DISASTERS OF ANY KIND AND COMMUNICATE WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR RESIDENTS TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING. THE IDEA HERE WOULD BE TO FINISH PROJECTS WE HAVE A MEDIA ROOM THERE, PUT UP SOME STUDIO LIGHTS AND CAMERAS, OR AT LEAST THOSE THINGS THAT CAN BE TRANSITIONED VERY QUICKLY FLIP A SWITCH AND YOU'RE ON LIKE LIVE TALKING TO YOU AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE SITUATION IS. AND I THINK THAT IT'S TIME FOR US TO HAVE THAT CAPABILITY SINCE WE ARE IGNORED BY THE TV STATIONS IN DUVAL COUNTY UNTIL THERE'S SOMETHING THAT GOES AWRY THEY DON'T LIKE TO COME OUT HERE WE HAVE TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT UNVARNISHED TO OUR RESIDENTS. THE CROSSWALK AT THUNDERBOLT SCHOOL IT HAS A FOUR WAY STOP. DALE SMITH WAS HERE AND WAS GOING TO DO SOME CROSSWALKS. AND COULDN'T FIND A COMPANY THAT WOULD COME IN AND DO CONCRETE WORK BECAUSE IT WAS TOO SMALL A JOB. IT'S TAKING THE SIDEWALKS AS YOU WALK TO THE ROAD AND TAPER THEM TOWN AND PUT UP THAT BUBBLY STUFF NOT TO SLIP OFF THE END OF THE SIDEWALK. SO THAT IS THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE STRIPING FOR THAT CROSSWALK. ARMSTRONG PARK. QUITE HONESTLY IT CAME IN HIGHER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO [02:40:04] BE. IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN THERE WE'VE GOT A OLD ACCESS ROAD GOING TO THE BACK OF WHERE THE CONCRETE PLANT WAS. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO AN ASPHALT KIND OF A SITUATION ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A FENCE THAT RUNS STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. IT'S SITUATED IN SUCH A WAY YOU CAN'T GET TWO VEHICLES BY IN EITHER DIRECTION WHEN THEY HAVE A BIG CROWD IT GETS TO BE SCARY AS FAR AS SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS ARE CONCERNED FOR KIDS BECAUSE THE CARS ARE REALLY BACKED UP AND ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO DO THAT. I THINK THE SAFETY ASPECT IS FIRST AND FOREMOST AT ARMSTRONG TO MAKING SURE THAT NOBODY GETS RUN OVER IN WHAT IS REALLY TWO ROADS RUNNING SIDE-BY-SIDE AND NOT A PARKING LOT. AND THEN WE HAVE THE COUNTY ROAD 220 AT LAKE SHORE WEST. SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE WERE GIVEN A SAFETY GRANT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE STATE F DOT IT'S BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS COSTS AWE KNOW HAVE GONE UP. THE 250,000 IS TO MAKEUP THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE GRANT WAS PROPOSED AT ONE TIME AND WHAT THE COSTS WOULD BE. WE'VE ASKED F DOT TO COME UP WITH SOME MONIES TO HELP US. WE FOUND MONEY OUT OF RICH AARD'S BUDGET TO GET US CLOSE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, LESS THAN A MONTH AGO THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN KILLED ON 220 WITH A CAR THAT CAME OUT OF LAKE SHORE WEST T BONED HIM, FLIPPED HIS CAR AND HE WAS KILLED AND TWO WEEKS LATER ANOTHER SERIOUS ACCIDENT SOME CRASHED THROUGH THE GATE AT DOCTORS INLET. THAT IS JUST TO FINISH OFF THAT PROJECT AND GET THAT DONE. THE SPECIFIC LOCATION IS AT LAKE SHORE WEST AND INDIAN RIVER DRIVE WHERE THEY INTERSECT COUNTY ROAD 220. NOT ONLY WOULD THEY SIGNALIZE THAT LIGHT WITH A LIGHT BUT THEY ALSO DO SOME INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AND LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS TO TRY TO TAKE THE INCIDENTS OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OUT OF THAT SPECIFIC AREA. AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. ANY QUESTIONS? >> THE ONLY ONE I HAD HEARTBURN OVER IS THE ARMSTRONG PARK. IT IS A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY. AND I MEAN I HAVE A PARK IN MY DISTRICT THAT HAS ASKED FOR PARKING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TWIN LAKES PARK AND JUSTIN SAID WE NEED TO WAIT FOR THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. I'M NOT SAYING ONE PARK IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANOTHER THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY. >> IT WE TAKE THE FENCE DOWN AND FIX SAFETY CONCERN WITHOUT REPAVING THE WHOLE PARKING LOT? >> THAT IS WHAT I SAID. BUT GENE'S GOT THE ANSWER HE WENT OUT AND TOOK PICTURES AND UNDERSTANDS I GUESS THE TWO DIFFERENT ROAD SURFACES ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS AND THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU TAKE THE FENCE OUT TRYING TO GO BACK AND FORTH WOULD BE A PROBLEM BUT GENE'S GOT THE SCOOP ON THAT. >> THAT ROAD USED TO BE AN EASEMENT AND NOW IT IS A CONCRETE PLANT. THERE'S ELEVATION ISSUES WITH THAT. SO TAKING THE FENCE OUT THERE'S POWER POLES WITH ELECTRIC RUNNING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE GRASS. THE ESTIMATE WAS BASED ON 90,000 SQUARE FEET IT'S JUST ALONG ON THAT ROAD. AND WHEN YOU GO AND SEE IT, IT IS LONGER THAN WHAT YOU THINK. SO WE WOULD LOOK TO DO A DESIGN IN-HOUSE AND CONTINUE A SERVICE CONTRACT THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS OR ENGINEERING TO GET THIS DONE BEFORE OCTOBER NEXT YEAR. >> THANK YOU, GENE. >> YES, SIR. >> OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? MOTIONS? DISCUSSIONS? >> SO YOU HAVE A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE SET OUT HERE THAT WON'T BE COMPLETED ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE CLEATED BY 2024. VETERANS PARK IS LISTED HERE. AND IT'S SET OUT BY ACCESS IN PHASE ONE. MY REQUEST IS THAT INSTEAD OF MOVING TOWARDS ACCESS BECAUSE A MILLION DOLLARS ISN'T GOING TO GO VERY FAR FOR ACCESS TO VETERANS PARK, THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THAT LAND. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THAT LAND. THERE'S CONFLICTING INFORMATION NOT WITHIN THE COUNTY BUT OTHER INFORMATION THAT COME INTO. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME PROFESSIONALS IS WHAT I WAS TOLD TAKE A LOOK INTO WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS WITH THAT 641 ACRES OF [02:45:07] LAND THAT WE'VE BEEN SITTING ON FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH IT. AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW YET WHAT ALL WE CAN IF THERE ARE ANY LOOPS ANY HOOPS THAT WE NEED TO JUMP THROUGH THAT WOULD BE UNNECESSARY I THINK THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY WOULD OUTLINE WHAT THOSE ARE AND MAYBE WE CAN WORK WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT. BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT COMPLETELY SURE. AND I WAS QUOTED THAT THE FEESABILITY STUDY AS WELL AS ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MIGHT COME, THE ALLOCATION WOULD BE $250,000. >> COMMISSIONER BURKE? THESE ARE ONES WE'VE MARKED OFF OUR LIST THE LAST THREE? >> THE BOTTOM FOUR ARE ONES THAT WE JUST SAID THE WAY THEY WERE POSED PROBABLY COULD NOT BE DONE BY 2024 IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO MAKE A PIVOT OR DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THIS LIST IS SUBJECT TO BOARD APPROVAL. >> SO THAT WOULD WHAT SHE IS SAYING WOULD FIT INTO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE HAVE STILL? >> NO, MA'AM IT DEPENDS WHICH PROJECTS YOU TAKE AND TAKE OFF THAT IS PART OF THE DISCUSSION. THE TOP PORTION IS 2.7 MILLION. AND THEN IF YOU DECIDE TO ADD IN THE 250,000 FOR AND JUST FOR CLARITY, I THINK IT WAS A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND A FEASIBILITY STUDY IF AT THE END OF THE STUDY IT IT SAYS IT'S FEASIBLE WE WOULD DO A SITE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR VETERANS PARK. WHICH WOULD ALL BE PART OF THAT $250,000 IS WHAT -- >> I THOUGHT YOU SAID WE HAVE 3.5 MILLION. >> 2.7 PLUS 500 PLUS 250 THAT WOULD PUT IT AT 3.75. AND WE HAVE THE 300,000 FOR THE SEPTIC TO SEWER. >> THAT IS THE OTHER 300,000. WHAT I'VE HEARD SO FAR AND ME DOING QUICK MATH 2.7 AT THE TOP PLUS THE 300,000 FOR THE SEPTIC TO SEWER TAKES YOU TO 3 MILLION. PLUS THE 500,000 FOR THE TWO LIBRARY AND PARK ON THE GO. TAKES YOU 3.5. AND THEN THE 250 FOR VETERANS PARK WOULD TAKE YOU TO 3.75. AND 5,000. >> SEPTIC TO ZERO WAS ADDED IS THAT ON YOUR LIST? >> HE TOLD US AT THE BEGINNING. >> IT IS NOT ON THE LIST IT WAS A PROJECT THAT CAME UP TODAY. >> AND PROBABLY TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE MY LIST WAS. >> IT WAS AFTER THAT. >> IT WOULD BE UP TO THE BOARD'S DISCRETION WHAT PROJECTS TO DO TO GET YOU TO THE 3.5. >> MY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE IN TERMS OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY IS THAT SOMETHING THEY CAN DO IN THE 12 MONTHS? SOME CAN. I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER THAT WOULD BE ONE. >> WITHOUT PUTTING IT OUT TO RFP AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT WOULD BE A STIPULATION THAT WE BID WE PUT OUT IT HAS TO BE DONE BY OCTOBER OF 2024. >> THAT IS ONE THING WE RAN INTO WITH THE PICKLEBALL COURTS WAS FINDING A VENDOR THAT COULD MEET THE FEDERAL STANDARDS BECAUSE THESE ARE DIFFERENT VENDORS THAN JUST REGULAR VENDORS AND IT TOOK WHAT? SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS TO FIND A PING KELL BALL COURT VENDOR WHO HAS NOT BEEN THE BEST. WE HAVE WARRANTY ISSUES AT LEAST I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER COURTS BUT I KNOW WE HAVE HUGE ISSUES THAT TWIN LAKES. [INAUDIBLE] THE CONTRACTS THAT PARKS AND REC DID NOT HAVE THE ARPA LANGUAGE SO WE HAD TO PUT THAT BACK OUT AND INCLUDE THAT LANGUAGE SO THAT ADDED TO THAT TIMELINE. SO AS FAR AS CONSULTING COMPANIES THAT DO FEASIBILITY STUDIES I'M NOT SURE IF THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM THE FOUR VENDORS COULD DO THAT BUT I CAN LOOK INTO IF NOT THEN... >> WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT. WE'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO WHAT BIDDERS WE HAVE UNDER CONTRACT VERSUS GOING OUT FOR PROCUREMENT. >> SO IF I'M HEAR YOU, THOUGH, NONE OF THIS IS SET IN STONE. SO THIS WE HAVE 2.7 MILLION AS HIGHLIGHTED FOR US AS IF IT IS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION AND IT'S NOT. SO THEN WE ARE THEN JUST GOING TO CHECK OFF WHICH ONES ON THE LIST WE WANT? >> OK. >> THE REASON I DID THAT AT THE TOP I KNEW THOSE BEFORE THOSE PROJECTS BEFORE I ADDED THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT CAME UP RECENTLY IN THE LAST DAY OR SO WAS THOSE ARE THE ONES WE COULD DEFINITELY DO AND THE ONES BELOW [02:50:05] WE HAD ISSUES WITH TIMELINE. THINGS HAVE CHANGED. THE SEPTIC ISSUE CAME UP TODAY. OUR CONVERSATION ON VETERANS PARK CHANGED THE SCOPE OF THIS. YES, MA'AM, I THINK THERE'S FLEXIBILITY AND NONE OF THIS IS IN STONE. >> SO ARE THERE PROJECTS WE SET OUT THIS PARK ON THE GO AND LIBRARY ON THE GO. THEY WERE NOT ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED AS PART OF I GUESS I'M TRYING TO YOU HAD WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PARKS ON THE GO AND LIBRARY ON THE GO FOR A WHILE BUT IT WASN'T INCLUDED UP TOP. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. >> I CAN YES, MA'AM. SO LITERALLY, I THINK LAST NIGHT AT 7:00 I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH JUSTIN AND MARY TRYING TO TRULY ESTABLISH WHAT THOSE WOULD LOOK LIKE AND UNDERSTAND NUMBERS THAT IS WHY THEY WERE ADDED HERE AS A VACCINATE ONE BECAUSE HONESTLY UNTIL THIS MORNING WHEN I GOT NUMBERS AND PRINTED THEM OUT AND HANDED THIS TO EVERYBODY TODAY THOSE NUMBERS WERE NOT SOLIDIFIED IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM. >> SO THE CONCEPT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND THE NUMBER AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET IT DONE WAS NOT SOLIDIFIED. >> WE HAD TO RESEARCH IT MORE. BECAUSE IT WAS A CONCEPT THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BUT NEVER FORMALIZED IT WAS AN ASK AND THEN... I HOPE THAT HELPS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING. >> MADAM CHAIR IF I COULD? >> SURE. AND THIS IS NOT A MOTION BUT JUST I WILL PUT IT ON THE TABLE AS MAYBE A FRAMEWORK FOR A SOLUTION. IF YOU TOOK THE CCDA PROPERTY FOR CCUA THAT MONEY NEPTUNE PARK STUDIO SETUP AT EOC, CROSSWALK, THE COUNTY ROAD 220 AT LAKE SHORE WEST SIGNALIZATION OF THE SAFETY PROGRAM AND THE WAY FREE MEDICAL CLINIC THAT IS 905. IF YOU TAKE THE LIBRARY ON THE GO AND THE PARK ON THE GO. THAT IS 500. THE SEPTIC TO SEWER PLAN IS 300. I'M JUMPING BACK UP AGAIN. FIRE STATION 15 PARTIAL PROPERTY FOR A MILLION. DROPPING DOWN TO THAT SOMETHING NOT ON THE SHEET IS THE 250 FOR THE VETERANS PARK FEASIBILITY. 100,000 FOR THE BOAT RAMP AT WILLIAMS PARK. I THINK THAT IS WHAT GENE SAID, RIGHT? FOR WHAT THE COMMISSIONER HAD DESCRIBED? IF YOU TOTAL THAT UP IT'S 2 2.733.1. AND WE STILL HAVE 400,000 LEFTOVER. >> LEFTOVER WOULD BE 400,000 LEFTOVER. I LEFT OUT THE ARMSTRONG PARK. >> DO WE KNOW THAT FOR SURE ABOUT THAT PRICE? IS THERE ANYTHING AROUND THAT? >> THERE'S 400,000 I WILL BE GLAD TO TAKE THAT AND GIVE IT TO GENE AND SEE WHAT HE CAN DO. >> [INAUDIBLE] COMMISSIONER WORKDAY. >> I HAVE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE TRUCKS WE WOULD HAVE IT OUT TONIGHT. >> AND THEY DO IT FOR FREE. BUT THEY HAVE CONSTITUENTS THAT DRIVING ON UNEVEN PAVEMENT IS PART OF OUR LIFE. >> I THINK THAT'S FRAMEWORK IT ENCOMPASSES EVERYTHING I HEARD THAT FOLKS WERE DISCUSSING. AND THERE'S STILL A LITTLE BIT LEFTOVER IS IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I MISSED. >> COMMISSIONER RENNINGER? >> WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT A BOAT RAMP AND I'M NOT AGAINST IT I HEARD WE COULDN'T DO IT IN TIME. >> AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO. I THOUGHT I WOULD INCLUDE THAT AS A POSSIBILITY. >> THAT IS OTHER THINGS IF WE WANTED TO PUT THE $100,000 ASIDE AND HAVE STAFF PURSUE HOW FAST IT COULD HAPPEN FOR PERMITTING IF NOTHING ELSE, IF YOU TAKE THE $100,000 AND DO DESIGN WORK WITH IT YOU CAN GET YOU A DESIGN DONE BECAUSE I WILL ASSUME THAT WILL REQUIRE A DESIGN? I DID NOTICE THAT DOUG LEFT THE BUILDING. >> QUICKLY. >> THE BOAT RAMP WILL REQUIRE THAT IT'S THE YOU SOUND LIKE A 10 FOOT DOCK THAT IS WHY I CAME UP WITH THE NUMBER OF 100,000. >> WHEN HE REFERS TO THE BOAT RAMP IS THE DOCK. >> YES. >> BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE SOME KIND OF DESIGN. >> CERTAINLY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO GET BITTEN BY ALLIGATORS. AT LEAST A SIGN THAT SAYS ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK. WHERE IS THIS? WINTERS PARK IS WAY OUT SOUTH OF GREEN COVE. >> GOT YOU. [02:55:07] >> SO I THINK COMMISSIONER CELLA HAS BEEN GRACIOUS WITH HIS SUGGESTION I CERTAINLY CAN SUPPORT THAT. IF WE END UP WITH EXTRA MONIES REMIND ME IF WE CAN USE THESE FOR BECAUSE WE FELL UNDER THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY WE CAN USE IT FOR WHATEVER. IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE PUT IT TOWARDS THE IF THE CDD IS NOT GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO GIVE THE PROPERTY WHICH I'M HOPING THEY ARE, DO THE DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED LIBRARY OR SOMETHING OR WE COULD DO WHAT WE CAN DO THE IMPROVEMENTS AT ARMSTRONG PARK HOW MUCH WE COULD GET DONE FOR HALF A MILLION OR WHATEVER. >> RIGHT. I WILL GO ON A LIMB HERE AND SAY BETWEEN MYSELF, MEGHAN AND AMY WE WILL BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON ARPA TO MAKE SURE WE SPEND EVERY DOLLAR SO THIS WILL NOT BE THE LAST ARPA CONVERSATION WE HAVE. WE WILL BE COMING BACK IN DECEMBER AND GOING HEY THESE PROJECTS ARE ACCELERATED THESE PROJECTS WILL HAVE MONEY WE CAN'T SPEND WE DON'T THINK WE'LL GET THE PROJECT DONE LET'S REEVALUATE. AND PROBABLY COMING BACK IN MARCH AND DOING THE SAME THING. THE TRUE DROP DEAD DEADLINE IS DECEMBER. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO CLOSE-OUT 42.5 MILLION WORTH OF GRANTS AND AS COMMISSIONER UNDERSTANDS CLOSING OUT 42.5 MILLION OF GRANTS IS NOT AN EASY TASK WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CLOSE-OUT TO DO WHY WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WHEN DECEMBER GETS HERE WE HAVE EVERYTHING DOCUMENTED BETWEEN AMY'S TEAM AND MEGHAN'S TEAM I'M USING OCTOBER AS THAT CUTOFF LINE BECAUSE IT WILL BE A LOT OF WORK TO CLOSE-OUT PROPERLY. >> I THINK AT THE VERY LEAST I THINK WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT RICHARD HAS A NUMBER DRAINAGE PROJECTS AROUND THE COUNTY HE CAN MUSTER QUICKLY IF NEED BE. THAT COULD BE A WAY THAT WE GO IF WE SEE WE HAVE MONIES THAT ARE AGAIN, WE'VE GOT THAT DEADLINE WHICH IS TOUGH TO BEAT. >> FORTUNATELY AMY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF DOING OUR INVESTMNTS THIS WILL NOT BE A LOST CONVERSATION BECAUSE AS THE ARPA MONEY SITS THERE WE'RE EARNING INTEREST THAT WE WILL ASK YOU TO SPEND. >> DO WE HAVE THAT SAME CONSTRAINT ON THOSE INTEREST MONIES AS WELL? >> YEP. >> ALL RIGHT. MORE MONEY TO BUY THAT FIRE STATION PROPERTY. >> HALLELUJAH. SOME OF THIS HER GREEN LINE WAS ALSO IN MOBILITY FEE GENERAL AND CAPITAL I'M ASSUMING SOME OF THAT NEEDS TO GO TOWARDS THE ROADS? >> SINCE YOU KEEP CUTTING MY 218 PROJECT. WHERE ARE WE? >> 3.1 WITH 400,000. >> YOU WIN MY FAVORITE COMMISSIONER OF THE NIGHT, BY THE WAY. THANK YOU. >> JUST KIDDING. >> YOU NEED US TO VOTE YES. AT LEAST TWO OF US MAYBE. >> SHE DIDN'T MEAN THAT. >> SHE ONLY NEEDS ONE OTHER. DO YOU MAKE A MOTION? >> DO YOU WANT ME TO MAKE A MOTION. >> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN THE ARPA TOTAL: THE 200,000 FOR THE CCDA PROPERTY IN MIDDLEBURG. THE 80,000 FOR THE NEPTUNE PARK PHASE TWO. 25,000 FOR THE STUDIO SETUP AT EOC. 50,000 FOR THE CROSSWALK AT THUNDERBOLT SCHOOL AND RICHARD THINKS HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IT CHEAPER. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. COUNTY ROAD 220, SIGNALIZATION AT LAKE SHORE WEST. FIRE STATION 15. PARTIAL PROPERTY. AND THE WAY FREE MEDICAL CLINIC LIBRARY ON THE GO, AT 250. AND PARK ON THE GO AT 250. THE SEPTIC TO SEWER PLAN AT 300. VETERANS PARK FEASIBILITY AT 250. AND THEN 100,000 AT THE WILLIAMS PARK BOAT RAMP. THAT WAS IT? WILLIAMS PARK? >> WE HAVE A MOTION DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 400,000 LEFTOVER AND WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH THAT? >> WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD AGAIN. >> I MEAN HAVE WE EVEN DO WE KNOW FOR SURE ABOUT ARMSTRONG THING? >> BASED ON OUR BEST ESTIMATES. I HAVE A FEELING GENE IS GOING TO BE ON THE COMPUTER TOMORROW. [03:00:04] >> I'M SAYING IF WE DON'T PUT IT ON TONIGHT WE'LL JUST MEET AGAIN. >> WE'RE TRYING TO GET AS MUCH OF THE BUDGET SET FOR OCTOBER TO START EXECUTING PROJECTS NOTHING STOPS US FROM COMING BACK AND SAYING THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT ON THESE PROJECTS. BOARD PLEASE GIVE US MORE DIRECTION. BECAUSE LET'S HOPE SOME OF THE PROJECTS COME IN UNDER THESE PRICES AND YOU HAVE MORE MONEY. >> THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED A LOT OF TIME TO GET DONE? >> AS YOU GET CLOSER TO OCTOBER IT HAS TO BE WE'RE GOING TO GET TO SEPTEMBER AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND COMING TO YOU AND GOING HEY CAN WE USE THAT PERMISSION TO TAKE WHAT IS LEFTOVER AND USE IT FOR STORMWATER PROJECTS THAT RICHARD CAN TURN AS FAST AS HE CAN TURN WE WILL HAVE X DOLLARS LEFTOVER. I MEAN IT'S UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS THE CASE WITH HAVING THIS WE DID THE SAME THING WITH CARES. WE HAD TO HAVE CONSTANT UPDATES CAN WE SPEND IT ON THIS BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO SPEND TO MEET THE FEDERAL LINE IN THE SAND. >> OK. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? OK. YOU GOT THAT MOTION. OK. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE MY SAYING AYE. THOSE OWE POSSIBLE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES 5-0. >> SO WE HAVE DIRECTION ON COMMISSIONER'S REQUEST IS IT BOARD CONSENSUS TO RESEARCH THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY IN OAK LEAF AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH ACQUIRING THAT? >> MY PREFERENCE IS SHOULD BE SOMEBODY SHOULD PUT PRESSURE ON THE CDD TO GIVE IT TO US. EITHER THEY GIVE IT TO US OR THEY BUY OUR HALF. THAT IS MY NEGOTIATION. >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. THAT LAND WAS SPECIFICALLY CONVEYED TO THE COUNTY IN 08 FOR A LIBRARY I WANT TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION AND TO YOUR POINT MADAM CHAIR, IT SHOULD BE A CONVERSATION WITH THE CDD BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS IS THAT THEY WANT TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. SO I GUESS I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHY WE WOULDN'T WITH RESPECT TO THE CONVERSATIONS OF ACQUIRING THAT LAND OR MAYBE NOT HAVING TO ACQUIRE THAT LAND WE WOULDN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH SETTING ASIDE FUNDS FOR SITE PLANNING THAT IS MY CONFUSION HERE. >> AND THAT CAN BE A CONVERSATION THAT WE COME BACK AGAIN IF WE ACQUIRE THE LAND NOTHING STOPS ME FROM COMING BACK IN FOUR WEEKS AND SAYING WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD OAK LEAF SITE PLAN TO THE ARPA MONEY. >> BUT YOU CAN'T DO A SITE PLAN UNTIL YOU HAVE A PLACE TO PUT IT. SO. >> THE CDD BOARD IS THE FIRST FOREMOST THING. >> IN ALL HONESTY TO DO A SITE PLAN SLASH BUILDING PLAN IT WILL TAKE YOU MORE THAN 12 MONTHS. OUR BUILDINGS RIGHT NOW ARE TAKING MORE THAN 12 MONTHS TO DESIGN. SO... IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN BRING BACK AND DISCUSS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD BOARD DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY THROUGH KAREN'S TEAM AND COURTNEY'S TEAM. THANK YOU. >> I JUST DON'T LIKE WHEN PEOPLE THINK THAT THE COUNTY NEEDS TO BUY EVERYTHING AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE A FIRE STATION THAT WE PAID A PREMIUM FOR AND I UNDERSTAND IT WAS IN A GOOD LOCATION. BUT YOU KNOW WE CAN'T HAVE THE PUBLIC THINKING THAT THE COUNTY IT'S PUBLIC FUNDS THEY ARE NOT OURS THEY ARE TAXPAYER DOLLARS I PAY INTO IT BUT SO DOES EVERY OTHER PROPERTY OWNER IN THE COUNTY. AND SO JUST I DON'T WANT THE CDD BOARD TO LOOK WE CONVEYED THIS TO YOU AS A LIBRARY AND YOU CONVEYED US HALF AN ACRE AND YOU KEPT HALF AN ACRE. SO YOU KNOW, DID YOU REALLY INTEND TO HAVE A LIBRARY THERE? THAT IS MY QUESTION. THOSE THING I WOULD WANT TO SEE WORKED OUT. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT GOING BACK TO ITEM [38.  Gun Range Procedures (A. Davidson)] NUMBER 38. GUN RANGE PROCEDURES. MR. DAVIDSON THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US. >> GOOD EVENING. OUR RANGE I THINK WE HAVE A [03:05:02] POWERPOINT SOMEWHERE. WE ARE A MULTIUSE FACILITY. IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN AS OF MONDAY THE CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE STARTED SHOOTING ON IT AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE USE OF THE RANGE. MAYBE THEY WILL BE THERE TOMORROW. AND SO THEY STARTED ON THE 11TH. OUR NEXT PHASE WILL BE ON THE 29TH. WE'RE GOING TO BE PUBLIC USE FOR THE PUBLIC. WE WILL BE THURSDAYS FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS FROM 8-4. LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL HAVE IT MONDAY, TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS. AND OUR GRAND OPENING THIS IS THE NEXT SLIDE OUR RIBBON CUTTING IS SET FOR FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 29TH AT 3:00 P.M. THE NEXT DAY ON THE 30TH WE WILL HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE FROM 10-2. WE WON'T BE SHOOTING THAT DAY AND HAVE PEOPLE LOOKING AT THE FACILITY AND GET MEMBERS SIGNED UP AND OUR PHASED OPEN WILL START SATURDAY OCTOBER 7 FROM 8-4. >> OK. YOU MENTIONED MEMBERSHIP. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? >> WE HAVE YEARLY MEMBERHIPS FOR RESIDENTS AND NONRESIDENTS. WE HAVE A PRICE SCHEDULE WE HAVE SUBMITTED. WE HAVE DAILY USE FEES AND WE ALSO HAVE YEARLY MEMBERSHIPS THEY CAN PURCHASE AND THERE IS NO FEE WHEN THEY COME IN. >> OTHER QUESTIONS FOR AARON? >> I UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT COME IN AT ANY TIME? >> THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO PEOPLE -- IN. >> IN TERMS OF OFFICIALS TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION MONDAY-THURSDAY BUT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE THE FACILITY ON THE WEEKEND THEY CAN COME IN AT NO CHARGE? >> CERTIFIED SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT THEY CAN COME AT ANY TIME AND SHOOT. FOR FREE AT NO CHARGE. SO IF THEY WANT TO BRING THEIR WIFE OR FRIENDS, IT'S NO CHARGE TO THEM AT ALL. THEY PRESENT THEIR BADGE AND IT'S NO CHARGE. >> FOR THEM BUT THERE IS A CHARGE FOR THEIR. >> YES. >> OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, CONCERNS? I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB. >> THANK YOU. >> EXCITED ABOUT SEEING IT ON. >> WE'RE EXCITED WE'RE READY IT WAS NICE TO SEE YEAR-ROUNDS GOING ON MONDAY. THE SHERIFFS WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT SO WE'RE EXCITED. >> SHERIFF DO YOU GIVE IT A THUMB'S UP? >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? THANK YOU FOR BRIEFING US. THAT INFORMATION WILL BE PUT OUT I'M SURE FOR THE PUBLIC BY COMMUNICATIONS. >> YES, MA'AM. >> WE WORK GREAT COMMUNICATIONS THEY HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB HELPING US OUT. >> ANY OF THE PUBLIC IS WONDERING WHY WE'VE MOVED AWAY FROM THE TERMINOLOGY OF GUN RANGE ON THE OFFICIAL SOCIAL MEDIA IT'S BECAUSE WE GET FLAGGED AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE SHUTDOWN. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE MOVING INTO SOME DIFFERENT TERMINOLOGY BUT THAT IS WHAT IT REFERS TO. >> GOOD EVENING TO THE BOARD [39.  Progress Report on the Bonded Transportation Program (E. Dendor)] THROUGH THE CHAIR. TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR. QUICK UPDATE ON PROGRESS THE LAST MONTH. PROJECT NUMBER ONE COUNTY ROAD 218, WGI FINALIZEDDED PETITION MITTING UTILITY AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS THE INTENT IS TO ADVERTISE AND SELECT A CONTRACTOR THAT WILL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN JANUARY 2024. OVERALL FOR THE C MARK GROUP TWO, THE COUNTY SUPERIOR AND JACOBS CONTINUE WITH THE DESIGN AND STATUS MEETINGS APPRAISALS AND OFFERS CONTINUE ON MULTIPLE RIGHT AWAY PROPERTIES. AND SPECIFIC TO EACH PROJECT, FOR PROJECT NUMBER TWO, COUNTY ROAD 209 SUPERIOR PROVIDED AND THE PROJECT TEAM AGREED ON THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE. A STATE F DOT FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED ACTUALLY THIS EVENING UNDER THE CONVENT AGENDA AND THIS EVENING FOR BOTH PROJECTS AS WELL AS 6A THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THAT GRANT WAS 1,740,169 AS PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED. FOR PROJECT NUMBER 5 COUNTY ROAD 220, FINAL PLANS ARE PENDING. SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION PROVIDED A PRICE UNDER EVALUATION BY THE PROJECT TEAM. AND RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITIONS CONTINUE. [03:10:02] PERMIT MODIFICATIONS FOR THE POND LOCATION IS UNDER REVIEW BY THE AGENCY AND FOR PROJECTS 6A WHICH IS COUNTY ROAD 315 THE TEAM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP A 90% PLANS. WETLAND MITIGATION IS NEARING COMPLETION. FOR TEAM GROUP NUMBER ONE, THE TEAM CONTINUED AGAIN WITH A BI NOWLY STATUS MEETINGS ON PROJECT 3 COUNTY ROAD 20 FINE. THEY SUBMITTED THE MAXIMUM PRIZE FOR THE OPERATIONAL OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS FOR SECTION 3A WHICH IS FROM JUST NORTH OF OAK STREAM ROAD TO SOUTH OF WATER KINS ROAD. THIS GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE IS UNDER EVALUATION AND FOR THE 3B SECTION THAT CONNECTS PROJECT 4 AND RUNS THROUGH THE ROUNDABOUT, HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND THE CONTRACTOR DEVELOPING THEIR GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THAT PORTION. ON PROJECT 4, WHICH IS SAND RIDGE ROAD, THEY FINISHED THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE PORTION OF SAND RIDGE FRONT IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL AND CONTINUED WITH THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION EAST WITH THE NEXT SECTION OF ROAD NEARING THE [INAUDIBLE] MOVING ON TO PLOJ 6B CATHEDRAL PARKWAY, THE TEAM CONTINUED TO HOLD OUR BI MONTHLY STATUS MEETINGS AND CONTINUES ON THE ROADWAY CORRIDOR AND THEY CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THE UTILITY PROVIDERS AND THERE WAS A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY ON AUGUST 17TH THAT WAS WELL ATTENDED. IN SUPPORT OF ALL THIS EFFORT, WGI CONTINUES TO WORK ACROSS THE ENTIRE PROGRAM SPECTRUM. THIS CONCLUDES MY UPDATE. >> THANK YOU. >> WHEN WOULD BE IS THE RAILROAD TRACK THE FIRST PART ON 209? >> . >> THE NEXT PROJECT IT WAS -- WELL, THE PROJECT WITH THE RAILROAD CROSSINGS PROJECT 2 AND PROJECT 6A. PROJECT 2 A COUNTY ROAD 209, THAT HAS A RAILROAD CROSSING WE HAVE THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE AND WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THAT NEGOTIATION NOW. >> IS THAT THE FIRST ONE THAT WILL START? >> THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT ONE THAT HAS THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION, YES, MA'AM. AS WELL AS THE OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AT 6A WHICH IS OAK STREET AND WATKINS WE'RE TRYING TO GET THOSE MOVING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. >> YOU DON'T HAVE A TIME WHEN YET? >> CORRECT, YES, MA'AM WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THE CONTRACT WITH BOTH CONTRACTORS AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THAT NAILED DOWN WE WILL A SCHEDULE NAILED DOWN. >> WE WILL HAVE A GOOD ADVANCE LINE. >> YES, MA'AM. STARTED PRECAUTIONS AGAIN WE HAVE TO GET THE SCHEDULE NOTHING DEFINITIVE BUT OUR INTENT IS TO INCLUDE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, FIRE RESCUE, THE SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL AS CSX AND THE COMMUNITY. WE DEVELOP OUR PLANS OUR INTENTION IS TO ROLL THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMUNITY. >> OK. >> LET THE GAMES BEGIN. WE HAD THEM IN THE PAST AND WE HAD THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WE BRING THE PLOTS AND SHOW THEM WE DEMONSTRATE AND PUT IT ON THE INTERNET AND PUT IT ON OUR WE OUTREACH AS MUCH AS WE CAN. WE'LL PUT UP ROADWAY SIGNS AND THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. >> THEY DON'T [INAUDIBLE]. >> EVERYBODY ASKING WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO START THE CONSTRUCTION. AND AS SOON AS WE START WHEN ARE YOU FINISHING IT. >> THE RAILROAD TRACKS WILL BE CLOSED. >> WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THAT TIME WE LOOK AT WAYS WORKING WITH CSX THE RAILROAD. >> THERE WILL BE A WAY AROUND. >> YES, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AT THE CATHEDRAL OAKS GROUNDBREAKING I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THE SUPERVISORS WITH SUPERIOR AND HE SAID TO ME WE GET A LOT OF PUBLIC THAT SAYS WHY CAN'T YOU WORK AT NIGHT? AND HE SAID THAT'S FAR MORE DANGEROUS FOR EMPLOYEES. ONE, TO GET EMPLOYEES TO WORK TODAY IS NOT THE EASIEST TASK, TWO, IT USUALLY DOUBLES YOUR COST AND THREE, HE SAID IT'S NOT SAFE FOR THE EMPLOYEES. THEY BRING IN LIGHTING BUT IT'S NOT SO FOR THOSE WHO DECIDE TO BECOME JUNIOR ROADWAY ENGINEERS AND WANT TO TELL THE EXPERTS HOW TO DO IT, THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT DOING IT I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE FUN OF YOU BUT WE GET ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND EVERYBODY BECOMES AN EXPERT HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE AND WE WANT IT TO BE DONE SAFELY AND CORRECTLY IN THE BEST USE OF TAXPAYER MONEY. >> THAT WILL BE CLOSED LIKE THEY WON'T OPEN AND CLOSE IT AT NIGHT. >> WHEN YOU ARE SHUTTING DOWN THE RAILROAD, OBVIOUSLY CROSSING THAT IS WORK THAT IS DONE BY THE RAILROAD. THAT IS NOT OUR CONSTRUCTION ZONE. IT'S THEIR RIGHT-OF-WAY. WE PAY THEM TO DO THE WORK FROM OUR RIGHT AWAY RIGHT AWAY TO RIGHT AWAY. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ED? [03:15:06] OK. THANK YOU, ED. [40.  Zoning Code Timeline Update (D. Selig)] >> NEXT WE WILL HAVE OUR ZONING CODE TIMELINE UPDATE. BETH CARSON IS BRINGING THAT TONIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING BETH CARSON. I WILL GIVE YOU THE TENTATIVE TIMELINE WE HAVE PROJECTED FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR SO. JULY 31, MARKS THE END OF OUR CONTRACT WITH WGI THE CONSULTANT HELPING US WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. THEY PROVIDED US WITH THE FINAL DRAFT. AT THIS POINT, IT'S ON US TO CONTINUE THE REVIEW PROCESS. IT'S 406 PAGE DOCUMENT AND IT'S UP TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE MAINTAINED THE CONTENT AND THE CHANGES THAT YOU AND THE STAKEHOLDERS IDENTIFIED. SO THE FIRST ITEM AND THIS IS KIND OF A SEPARATE ITEM SEPTEMBER 29TH, IS WHEN WE ARE MAILING OUT THE EAR LETTER. THE EAR LETTER IS THE EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT LETTER IN RESPONSE TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT EVERY SEVEN YEARS FOR US TO LOOK AT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO SEE IF WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES. WE WILL HAVE THAT LETTER AS A LETTER OF ACTION ON YOUR NEXT BCC AGENDA MEETING. SO THAT WE CAN MAIL IT OUT ON TIME. SO SEPTEMBER THROUGH MARCH 2024 WE ANTICIPATE PLANNING STAFF WILL BE REVIEWING THE ZONING CODE CHANGES. THEN SPRING SUMMER OF 2024 WE WILL BE PROPOSING TO BRING SOME OF THOSE CHANGES IN SMALLER BITES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEM TO REVIEW. ONCE WE'RE DOING THAT WE WILL ALSO BE LOOKING AT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BECAUSE MANY OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE POLICIES ARE ALSO IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND IF WE MAKE CHANGES TO THE LDC POLICIES WE WILL HAVE TO UPDATE THE COMP PLAN AS WELL AND THAT WILL HAVE TO BE UPDATED FIRST. SO IF WE DO IDENTIFY ANY OF THOSE WE WILL HAVE TO TRANSMIT THEM IN SUMMER FALL OF 2024. WHICH THEN PUT IT IS ALL IN LEGAL'S DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW ALL OF THIS. FALL WINTER. THEN WE WOULD BE ADOPTING ANY COMP PLAN AMENDMENTS AND QUALIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHANGE AND THAT DOES NOT SAYING THAT WE CAN'T ADOPT ANYTHING IN THE MEANTIME LIKE THE WATER POLICIES THAT WE NEED ADDRESS FOR CC WAY WE CAN DO THAT SOONER OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT COMES UP. >> OK. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> GREAT THANK YOU, BETH. [41.  Clay County Problem-Solving Courts FY23/24 Funding Agreement with Clay Behavioral Health Center, Inc. (C. Grimm)] [42.  Adult Drug Court/Mental Health Court Case Manager Agreement for FY23/24 with Nekesha Robinson (C.Grimm)] [43.  Funding Agreement for FY23/24 with Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc.(C. Grimm)] [44.  Professional Services Agreement for Family Court Magistrate Services with K. Beth Luna for FY23/24 (C.Grimm)] ALL RIGHT. ITEMS NUMBER 41-44 COURTNEY WE CAN -- SORRY. COURTNEY CAN WE LOOK AT 41-44 TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL THE $65. WE CAN DO THESE AND VOTE ON ONE WE ARE GOING TO BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA I'VE ASKED IF THE CLERK COULD BRING US MORE INFORMATION ON THE FACT THAT THAT $65 DOESN'T COVER ALL OF THIS ET CETERA. BEFORE THE CLERK SPEAKS LET MELEE THE GROUND WORK. >> ALL FOUR OF THESE AGREEMENTS ARE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE PRESENTED TO YOU UNDER FLORIDA STATUTES 29.008 AND UNDER THAT THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR LOCAL REQUIREMENTS WHERE THE CHIEF JUDGE SUBMITS HIS REQUEST TO THE BOARD FOR FUNDING FOR CERTAIN ITEMS. THESE ARE THE PROJECTS OR THE ITEMS THAT THE CHIEF JUDGE HAS SUBMITTED HIS LETTER TO THE BUDGET AND WE'VE DONE THE FOUR FOR MANY YEARS. AND THROUGH THIS FUND THERE IS A $65 FUND THAT IS PROVIDED NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO GIVE I U YOU A SENSE. >> WE PULLED NUMBERS AND WE LOOKED BACK TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANOMALIES AND TRENDS GOING ON FROM REVENUE AND FROM EXPENDITURES. SO THE $65 FEE THAT IS ASSESSED BY ORDINANCE I BELIEVE. EACH TIME A WE HAVE COURT COSTS ON CRIMINAL CASES. SO THAT IS THE KEY FACTOR THESE ARE CRIMINAL CASES YOUR FELONIES YOUR MISDEMEANORS URGE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND YOUR CRIMINAL TRAFFIC. SO YEAR-OVER-YEAR, THE REVENUES HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY THE SAME. WE DID SEE A SPIKE IN 21 AND WE BELIEVE DUE TO STIMULUS MONEY BECAUSE WE HAD PEOPLE TAKING THE MONEY THEY ARE TAKING THE MONEY AND PAYING OFF COURT COSTS. SO THAT THEY COULD GET THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE BACK MORE THAN LIKELY THEY HAD A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE. IT WAS A 24% INCREASE FOR THAT ONE YEAR. THE REAL FACTOR IN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS FEE IS ACTUALLY VERY REFLECTIVE TO OUR FUNDING ISSUES IN MY OFFICE AND THAT IS CRIMINAL COLLECTION OF [03:20:04] CRIMINAL PAYMENTS PARTICULARLY YOUR FELONY ARE FELONY RUNS 20% OF WHAT IS ASSESSED BY THE JUDGES OUR COLLECTION RATE IS AROUND 20%. WHICH IS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN THE STATE. THE STATE IS AROUND 9%. AND THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE BEST COLLECTION RATE WE HAVE WHICH WOULD BE ON CRIMINAL TRAFFIC AROUND 60% ON AVERAGE. SO WHAT WOULD BE ASSESSED IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT IS AVAILABLE. BECAUSE WE LOOKED AT CASE NUMBERS, OUR CASE COUNTS CHANGING? I WILL TELL YOU LOOKING AT THE EXPENSES FROM BACK TO 17, 2017 UP TO CURRENT DATE, THE ACTUAL EXPENSES ARE ACTUALLY LESS. SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS THE 65 RIGHT NOW IS NOT TO EXCEED SO WE ARE AT OUR MAX. AND BECAUSE THESE TYPE OF CASES ARE VERY HARD TO COLLECT ON, YOU REALLY CAN'T CAPITALIZE ON THE 65 BASED ON THE CASES THAT COME THROUGH THE COUNTY. AND TO GIVE YOU A PICTURE FOR THOSE CASES OUT OF CURRENT CASES THAT WE ACTIVE -- SORRY. ACTIVE CURRENT PAYMENT PLANS THAT WE ARE MANAGING IS TO THE TUNE OF 766 WITH 4.8 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN ASSESSED OF WHICH PROBABLY 3 TO 400,000 HAS BEEN COLLECTED. SO IT IS EXACTLY WHY I'VE BEEN IN TALLAHASSEE FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS BECAUSE THE WAY OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN FUNDED IN THE PAST FROM A COURT SYSTEM TRIAL COURT SYSTEM IS TRAFFIC CITATIONS WERE UP YEARS AGO. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF POLITICAL FACTORS THAT CAUSED THAT TO GO DOWN. OVER THE YEARS. AND TRAFFIC IS A LOW COST DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF WORK HIGH FEE AND THEY PAY BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KEEP THEIR LICENSE. BETWEEN THAT AND CIVIL FILING FEES THOSE WERE KEEPING OUR OFFICES AFLOAT BECAUSE CRIMINAL TRAFFIC CRIMINAL IN GENERAL IS BASICALLY A COST CENTER T COSTS US MONEY A LOT OF MONEY. THAT IS WHY YOU ARE SEEINGS NOT ENOUGH FUNDS THERE. I THOUGHT MAYBE JUST THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS THE PROBLEM SOLVING COURTS INCREASED IT ACTUALLY WENT DOWN. THE EXPENSES HAVE BEEN DOWN. >> EXPENSES HAVE GONE DOWN BUT TONIGHT THEY ARE ASKING FOR INCREASES. >> YES. >> AND THE TOTALS OF THESE TROY WAS THAT LIKE 1.3 MILLION? OF TOTALS? THE REASON I WANTED TO BRING IT UP AND HAVE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. >> HE DON'T THINK IT WAS THAT MUCH. >> NO. >> IT WAS SIGNIFICANT MONEY THAT WHEN THE PUBLIC SAYS WHAT DO YOU SPEND OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON I DON'T THINK THE AVERAGE CITIZEN REALIZES WE ARE SUPPLEMENTING FOR INSTANCE JACKSONVILLE LEGAL AID. >> CORRECT. >> AND FAMILY COURT MAGISTRATE SERVICES AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IS A CHEAPER WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GO THROUGH A DIVORCE SITUATION. I'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT IN MY PERSONAL LIFE. AND IT'S NEVER FUN AND PARENTING PLANS AND ALL THAT I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. I JUST DON'T RECOGNIZE I DON'T THINK OUR TAXPAYERS RECOGNIZE THAT BY STATUTE WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THESE THINGS. SO WE THE BCC DOESN'T GET TO CHOOSE WHETHER WE WANT TO PROVIDE MONEY TO THESE THINGS. >> SO JUST TO CAPTURE 41, 42, 43 AND 44, THE MONETARY AMOUNTS ARE A LITTLE OVER $300,000. SO THE BIG INCREASE WAS THAT -- NO THAT IS THE TOTAL FOR ALL OF THE BUCKETS. I GUESS WITHOUT LEGAL AID. LEGAL AID YOU HAVE NO SAY IN. LEGAL AID IS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THAT EVERY YEAR HAS TO. >> I WANTED TO CAPTURE THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT THESE FOUR COST. >> SO YOUR STATE COURT LOCAL REQUIREMENT FUND WHICH IS 1024 WHERE THAT MONEY GOES TO YOUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR IS 574,429. IS YOUR. >> OF THAT HOW MUCH ARE THE TAXPAYERS FUNDING? >> DO THE QUICK MATH BECAUSE YOU'RE RECEIVING 37500 PER CALL CENTER TIMES FOUR. SO... THAT'S THE REVENUE FOR THE ENTIRE FUND. >> YES, SPLIT THIS ONE OF FOUR WAYS. [03:25:03] >> I THINK WE'RE RECEIVING ABOUT 142 BASED ON THE ESTIMATES. AND. >> LAST YEAR REF THROUGH WAS 184. >> THIS YEAR IT'S BUDGETED TO BE 142,776. >> SO IT COSTS US HALF A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AND THE FEE THE STATE MANDATED FEE OF $65 THAT IS ONLY ABOUT 20% COLLECTED IS $140,000 THAT IS THE POINT I WANTED TO BRING UP IT IS NOT INSIGNIFICANT. YOU KNOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SERVICES WE CAN DO WE TALK ABOUT OAK LEAF LIBRARY THESE THINGS ADD UP YEAR AFTER YEAR. AND I'M NOT SAYING ANY OF THEM ARE BAD USES OF MONEY. I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THE STATE DELEGATIONS AND THE LEGISLATURE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE PUTTING THIS BURDEN BACK ON THE LOCAL TAXPAYER. >> WHAT YOU'VE BEEN ARGUING THIS POINT FOR SIX YEARS, EIGHT YEARS, WHAT WHERE ARE WE HEADED? >> WELL FOR CLERKS WE ARE HEADING IN A GOOD DIRECTION FINALLY. AS FAR AS THESE ORDINANCE OR MANDATES THEY PUT ON THAT YOU MUST FUND AT A LOCAL LEVEL IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALL OF WAX A DIFFERENT ARGUMENT. AND TO BE HONEST, I'M SURE FACT TALKS ABOUT THIS A LOT AND WE AS CLERKS TALK ABOUT IT WE GET THESE UNFUNDED MANDATES AND ALTHOUGH YOU KNOW, THE THEORETICALLY THE COURTS ARE SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR THEMSELVES BUT BECAUSE THE COURTS ARE THE COURTS AND THE WAY THAT A MAJORITY OF YOUR CASES ARE CASES THAT DON'T EVER GET PAID IT'S NOT A GOOD FUNDING MODEL. AND IT'S BEEN A DISCUSSION FOR YEARS. THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. YOU DON'T HAVE A ONE FOR ONE. SO IF WE WERE TO COLLECT ON EVERY CASE, THE 65, THIS YEAR YOU WOULD HAVE A PROJECTION OF 454,000. BUT YOU DON'T. YOU'RE SITTING AT 165 RIGHT NOW. SO YOU ARE SUPPLEMENTING. YES. WE HAVE SIMILAR ISSUES WITH OTHER LOCAL RESPONSIBILITIES, KING COURT IS ONE THAT IS A LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT DEPENDING WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE ENVIRONMENT THERE MAYBE ENOUGH BUDGET THERE OR REVENUE FOR A BUDGET OR THERE MAY NOT BE. >> I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE WANT TO CONSIDER PUTTING THIS ON OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES OR TALKING WITH OUR DELEGATION ABOUT IT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS WORTHWHILE TO POINT OUT WHEN WE GET THOSE PUSHBACKS THAT SAY WHY AREN'T YOU DOING MORE FOR THE TAXPAYER. >> I WOULD SUGGEST IF IT'S SOMETHING AND WE ALL KNOW THAT GETTING FEE INCREASES IN TALLAHASSEE IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE, RIGHT? THEY SEE IT AS TAXATION I WOULD SAY IF YOU ARE GOING TO POTENTIALLY IF IT'S SOMETHING MORE COMMON ACROSS THE STATE YOU ARE GOING TO A LEGISLATIVE MEETING AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A BURDEN TO A LOT OF THE COUNTIES YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE JUDICIARY TO HAVE THEM AS WELL ADVOCATE FOR A POTENTIAL FEE INCREASE WHICH I HAVE NOT SEEN IN I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW LONG. >> WE KNOW TALLAHASSEE DOES NOT LIKE FEE INCREASES IT THERE A WAY FOR US TO INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE OF COLLECTIONS SOMETHING THEY PREVENT US FROM DOING DON'T ALLOW US TO GO AFTER THE MONEY? >> WE'VE MADE IT A FOCUS SINCE 2014 I GOT IN AT 2013 RIGHT AROUND 2014, WE MADE THAT A BIG FOCUS OF MY OFFICE. I'M WHAT IS CALLED A SURPLUS COUNTY WHICH MEANS AS A TRIAL COURT SYSTEM I COLLECT MORE THAN I SPEND. BASED ON A BUDGET AUTHORITY I CAN USE MORE BUT I HAVE TO SEND IT UP TO THE STATE BECAUSE IT IS NOT CLAY COUNTY MONEY. SO WE DID TO HELP THE LARGER TRUST FUND WE FOCUSED ON COLLECTIONS AND WE DID THAT THROUGH AT THE BENCH ORDERING INDIVIDUALS TO GO IMMEDIATELY WILL SEE THE CLERK TO GET ON A PAYMENT PLAN. AND WORKING WITH THE INDIVIDUALS TO KEEP THEM COMPLIANT I WILL TELL YOU HAVING COUNTY PROBATION AS PART OF OUR COMPLIANCE HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE BECAUSE WE GET TO SEE THESE INDIVIDUALS AND KEEP THEM GOING MONTH TO MONTH. OUR LAST THING WE WANT TO DO ANM IN A PREDICAMENT THAT THEY CAN'T GET TO A JOB. SO WE PRETTY MUCH KNOW WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT WAYS TO CONTINUE TO COLLECT THE MONEY. WE'RE ACTUALLY ON AVERAGE HIGHER IN THE STATE CLAY IS THAN MOST. YOUR AVERAGE FOR YOUR CRIMINAL [03:30:01] TRAFFIC IS 40 WE ARE AT 60. FELONY IS AT 9 WE ARE AT 20. SO WE'RE TAPPING BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES USING TECHNOLOGY AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. OPERATION GREEN LIGHT THAT YOU'VE SEEN US DO IS ANOTHER WAY TO YOU KNOW, IT'S SAD TO SEE IT BUT IT IS A REVENUE STORES BOTTOM LINE WE'RE DEALING WITH PEOPLE'S LIVES IT'S HOW WE'RE FUNDED AND THERE ARE OTHER COUNTIES THAT ACTUALLY ARE MUCH LARGER BURDEN ON THE COUNTY AND THE TAXPAYERS YOU MIGHT FIND AN ARTICLE OUT THERE WITH COLLIER COUNTY THAT THE COUNTY IS HAVING TO SUBSIDIZE THE COURTS THE CLERKS THE CLERK THE COURT CLERKS BY THE TUNE OF 400,000 BECAUSE THE BUDGET IS NOT THERE. SO IT'S BEEN ONGOING AND THEN TO ADD TO THAT AFTER WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS WORKING WITH THEM KEEPING THEM COMPLIANT AND KEEPING THEM PAYING BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY GETS A DRUG CHARGE $25,000 THAT IS COLLECTING THAT MONEY IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. YOU KNOW A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE YOUR LOWER INCOME AND SO A $50 PAYMENT PLAN IS A BIG DEAL. IT TAKES TIME. ONCE IT GETS ADJUDICATED AND ASSESSED DOESN'T MEAN THE MONEY THE MONEY COMES IN WAY DOWN THE ROAD. SO IT'S VERY OFFSET. BUT ONCE WE GO THROUGH ALL THAT WE THEN SEND THEM TO TWO COMPETING COLLECTION AGENCIES TO NEGOTIATE. GETTING THEM TO PAY. IT'S NOT A FUN PART OF THE BUSINESS. >> DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT. >> IT IS NOT. >> ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ON ITEMS 41-44 AND WE CAN VOTE TOGETHER. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 41, 42, 43 AND 44 IN THE ONE MOTION. >> SECOND. >> DO WE HAVE A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. [45.  Grant Application with the United States Department of Transportation's Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Grants Program (M. Mosley)] MOTION CARRIES 5-0. >> NEXT WE HAVE OUR GRANT APPLICATION WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS GRANT PROGRAM. >> GOOD EVENING MEGHAN MOSTLY WITH THE GRANTS DIVISION. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE SUBMIT A COMMUNITY PLANNING GRANT UNDER THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT A COMPLETE STREETS ASSESSMENT OF COLLEGE DRIVE. THIS WOULD BE BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE'S TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PANEL IT WOULD LOOK AT STREET FEATURES ROUNDABOUTS, TRAFFIC LANES, PARKING, SIDEWALKS, CURBS AND OTHER RELEVANT ELEMENTS. GRANTS DIVISION HAS TALKED TO YOU COMMUNITY SERVICES ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY AND WE FEEL THAT IT WOULD FIT WELL WITHIN THE TIMELINE FOR CDI AS A WHOLE. WE DID THE TAP STUDY THIS YEAR THE STUDY IS FOR FY24 AND WE WILL LIKELY HEAR ABOUT FUNDING FOR THIS PROPOSAL LATE NEXT FISCAL YEAR EARLY FY25. PROJECT COST ESTIMATE IS $200,000. THERE IS A 20% MATCH REQUIREMENT FOR THIS GRANT. IT CAN BE FULFILLED IN KIND AND WE CAN ALSO REQUEST THAT PREAWARD COSTS BE CONSIDERED TO MAKE THAT ENKIND MATCH SO WE CAN INCLUDE THINGS LIKE THE FUNDING FOR THE STUDY, THE SHERRIT STUDY NEXT YEAR AND WE HAVE OUR ADMIN TIME GOING INTO THIS PROJECT. SO I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN MAKE THE MATCHING REQUIREMENTS. WITH THAT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> DO YOU FEEL CONFIDENT WE CAN MEET THE MATCH REQUIREMENT WITHOUT FINANCIAL OUTLAY FROM THE COUNTY? >> YES, THAT IS OUR INTENT. >> GREAT. >> AND THE GRANT IS AND TO TWO MILLION? >> YES. THAT IS THE AWARD CEILING. YES, YOU CAN REQUEST A MAXIMUM OF 2 MILLION. THIS PARTICULAR STUDY IS 200,000. BUT THERE WOULD BE AGAIN WE COULD GO BACK TO THIS WITH FUTURE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND OTHER ELEMENTS DOWN THE ROAD. >> IS THERE ANYWAY WE CAN INCLUDE GATEWAY TO THIS GRANT APPLICATION? >> I THINK BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD BOTH AREAS HAVE SIMILAR NEEDS SO YES I THINK THAT WOULD FIT INTO THIS. I KNOW WE'VE RECEIVED A PRELIMINARY TAPS PRESENTATION I'M HAPPY FOR YOUR DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD IF THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO INCLUDE IN THIS APPLICATION NOW. THIS APPLICATION DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 28TH. OR IF THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT TO REVISIT DOWN THE ROAD FOR NEXT YEAR. >> IMPLYING -- APPLYING SEPARATELY FOR GATEWAY ONCE IT'S GOT ITS TAP PLAN IN [03:35:05] PLACE? >> CORRECT. >> DOES APPLYING FOR THE GRANT AND RECEIVING BACK THE STUDY OBLIGATE US TO DO ANYTHING FURTHER? >> NO. THIS WOULD BE A PLANNED GRANT REQUEST YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO REQUEST CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS. >> WHICH IS PART OF THIS GRANT AS WELL, ISN'T IT? >> IT IS, YEAH. >> IF WE APPLY FOR TWO SEPARATE GRANTS, COULD WE THEN DO TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS IS IT 2 MILLION PER APPLICATION OR 2 MILLION TOTAL FOR THE COUNTY. >> 2 MILLION PER APPLICATION. I DO THINK IF WE WERE TO COMBINE THE TWO PROJECTS UNDER THIS YEAR'S IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO SUBMIT ONE APPLICATION THAT INCLUDES BOTH PROJECTS. >> STILL AT THE 200,000? >> THAT WOULD INCREASE IT TO 400,000. >> DO WE HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE MATCH FOR THE GATEWAY? >> I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ANYTHING WITH THE GATEWAY. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT REPORT BACK. SO I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT THAT ONE IS GOING TO COME BACK WITH. >> WE WOULD BECAUSE I AM THINKING WHAT WE'VE INVESTED IN THE STUDY SO FAR, 20,000 DOLLARS PER STUDY, WE HAVE 75,000 BUDGETED FOR THE SHERRIT STUDY NEXT YEAR. SO, YES, WE WOULD STILL NEED THAT IN KIND MATCH. >> UP TO 200,000 PROJECT BUT NEED [INAUDIBLE]. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. SO JUST TO REITERATE WE WILL REVISE THE STATEMENT ON THERE TO APPROVE THIS GRANT APPLICATION FOR BOTH THE COLLEGE DRIVE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE GATEWAY STUDIES. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. OUR NEXT ITEM IS A LETTER FOR [50.  Letter of Support for the Town of Orange Park's application for the USDOT Reconnecting Communities Grant.] ACTION ITEM NUMBER 50 A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE TOWN OF ORANGE PARK'S APPLICATION FOR THE U.S. DOT RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT. WE HAVE APPROVED THIS IN THE PAST. AND THERE I GUESS RESUBMITTING THE GRANT APPLICATION THEY WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL SO THEY WOULD LIKE ANOTHER LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM US. AND SO I MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THAT WE SUPPORT THEM FOR THE APPLICATION OF A GRANT. THERE'S BEEN OTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT COME TO THE COUNTY MANAGER THAT HE WILL BRING TO ME WHERE THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE ASKING FOR LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I WANT TO PUT OUT THERE THAT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THOSE BECAUSE I THINK OUR OBLIGATION IS FOR THE COUNTY APPROPRIATIONS. AND I WOULD NEVER WANT TO SUPPORT SOMETHING FOR SOME OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM CLAY COUNTY'S APPROPRIATIONS I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. BUT THAT IS MY PERSONAL OPINION. BUT I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THIS IS THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS BASED ON THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THERE'S BEEN OTHER PEOPLE WHO CLAIM THEY ARE GOING TO BRING US SOME LETTERS THAT THEY WANT OUR SUPPORT ON. AND I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT. BUT I WILL BRING THEM ON THE AGENDA IF YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE THEM. BUT I WILL VOTE NO. NOT ON THIS ONE. I SUPPORT THE APPLICATION THE SUPPORT FOR A GRANT. AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM 50. IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING TO SAY. >> I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR ORANGE PARK CONNECTING NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS. >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION DO WE HAVE A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. MOTION CARRIES 5-0. DO YOU WANT ME TO BRING THE OTHER LETTERS LETTERS OF SUPPORT [03:40:01] REQUESTS TO THE BOARD FLOOR? >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO MAKE A DECISION AS A COMMISSION. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL LETTERS AND FORMALLY DISCUSS IN THIS VENUE. >> IN FULL DISCLOSURE THERE WAS NOT ONE BROUGHT THIS YEAR IN THE PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THE REASONING WAS BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE PUT THE COUNTY IN A COMPROMISED POSITION IT WAS A LETTER OF SUPPORT THAT THE CITY OF GREEN COVE SPRINGS WANTED US TO PROVIDE AND THE COUNTY MANAGER AND I MADE THE DECISION NOT TO DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS SOMETHING THE RULES WE WANT TO LOOK AT FOR CHERS. I DON'T THINK IN THE PAST THEY HAVE BEEN BROUGHT I'M WILLING TO DO THAT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. >> YES. I THINK THAT IN AN EFFORT TO BE TRANSPARENT IT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ENTITY AND WHETHER THAT MAY GREEN COVE OR ORANGE PARK OR KEYSTONE OR PENNEY FARMS AND WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. I DO THINK WE SHOULD SEE THAT GOOD, BAD OR INDIFFERENT IT HAS IMPACT ON HOW WE MOVE FORWARD ON OTHER THINGS WITH THAT SAME COMMUNITY. SO YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT AND I APPRECIATE THE CHAIR BRINGING UP THE GREEN COVE LETTER AT THIS POINT. LET US KNOW ABOUT THAT. >> BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU THERE'S ONE COMING THAT I AM NOT FULLY NOT IN FAVOR OF. THERE IS A LETTER COMING THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED FROM RC SERVICES AND I'VE BEEN OPEN WITH THIS BOARD ABOUT THE FACT THAT MERCY DOES NOT SERVE DISTRICT 4. SO THAT ONE IS COMING. THEY'VE SENT A LETTER THAT SAYS THAT IT'S COMING TO ASK US TO SUPPORT AN APPROPRIATION REQUEST OF THEIRS. SO... I WILL PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT THAT'S COMING. MAYBE WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE RULES THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES. >> WELL, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE RULES. WE CERTAINLY COULD WHAT WOULD THE RULES SAY? THAT THE CHAIR ALONG WITH THE COUNTY MANAGER CAN MAKE THE DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER THERE IS SUPPORT FOR A MUNICIPALITY OR ENTITY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANTS THE SUPPORT THE LETTER WAS SENT TO THE BOARD SO THE BOARD SHOULD AT LEAST SEE IT. >> NO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IN THE PAST THOSE THINGS THE ITEMS TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA ARE BROUGHT FROM THE COUNTY MANAGER TO THE CHAIR FOR WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA. AND EVERYTHING THAT IS BROUGHT TO THE COUNTY IS NOT PUT ON THE AGENDA. AND YOU'VE SERVED AS CHAIR SEVERAL TIMES. >> AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAME TO THE COUNTY THAT I CAN REMEMBER THAT WE DID NOT PUT ON THE AGENDA TO THE BOARD. TO ME THAT'S OBVIOUS WAY TO OPERATE. >> WELL, I APOLOGIZE. >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO APOLOGIZE THAT WAS YOUR DECISION AND I RESPECT THAT DECISION. YOU NEEDED TO MAKE THAT CALL AS THE CHAIR AND YOU DID. LIKE I SAID I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT FORWARD AND NOW WE'RE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT AND FIGURE OUT A WAY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. WHETHER IT TURNS OUT TO BE THE SAME WAY AS YOU'VE BEEN OPERATING OR A DIFFERENT WAY, AT LEAST NOW IT'S IN PLAY AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. >> I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION THEN THAT WILL COME UP, GOING FORWARD IS WHERE DID YOU DRAW THE LINE? LAURA FREQUENTLY WILL CALL AND ASK ABOUT PROCLAMATIONS PEOPLE CALL AND WANT A PROCLAMATION. WE HAD THREE TONIGHT LONG ONES. SO I GUESS THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED THE RULES BECAUSE YOU UPDATED THE RULES LAST TIME YOU WERE CHAIR I THOUGHT IT WAS VALUABLE. WE TOOK A LOOK AT THOSE THINGS AND MAYBE IT'S TIME TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. >> AND IN TERMS OF PROCLAMATIONS IT IS IN THE RULES THAT THE CHAIR HAS THE DETERMINATION AS TO WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH PROCLAMATIONS. THE STAFF KNOWS HOW I FEEL ABOUT PROCLAMATIONS. SO I DIDN'T ACT ON THOSE FEELINGS AND THOUGHT PROCESSES AND WHATEVER PEOPLE BROUGHT IN THAT THEY ENDED UP ON THE BOARD FLOOR IF THERE WAS SUPPORT FOR THOSE PARTICULAR PROCLAMATIONS, RESOLUTIONS, DECLARATIONS ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE DO. ANIMAL PICTURES I MEAN THERE IS A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT NOT ON MY FAVORITE LIST BUT WE STILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE. WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT STANDING RULES. >> I WANT TO ADD A COMMENT. I JUST THINK THAT'S MY DISTRICT THOSE PEOPLE IF THEY LIVE IN MY DISTRICT SO THEY COME TO ME AND THEY SAY I WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. I THINK THAT NOW I WOULDN'T HAVE [03:45:01] A WAY TO RESPOND TO THEM OR IF AT LEAST WE WERE SHOWN IT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT IT HAPPENED. AGAIN, I RESPECT YOU JUST LIKE YOU HAD TO MAKE THAT DECISION U I WILL TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS. THE CITY OF GREEN COVE SPRINGS ASKED US TO SUPPORT A LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION FOR THE GOVERNOR'S BOAT RAMP THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE FROM THE COUNTY. SO I WILL PUT IT OUT THERE. >> AND I THINK I'M SAYING IN THE FUTURE. >> IT IS A FULL DISCLOSURE OF WHY I DIDN'T BRING IT IT WAS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH A COUNTY INITIATIVE. SO THE COUNTY MAINTAINS THE GOVERNOR'S. >> THEY DON'T OWN IT. >> WE HAVE THE LEASE. WE HAVE THE LEASE WITH THE DOT AND CITY OF GREEN COVE WANTS THAT LEASE. SO THAT IS WHY I DIDN'T BRING IT. >> I THINK I WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING BECAUSE THEY DON'T OWN IT. >> YES. >> THEY DON'T CONTROL IT. >> YES. >> BUT THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. >> AND MAYBE IT EVOLVES INTO A POINT WHERE IF A LETTER LIKE THAT ARRIVES AND USUALLY IS EITHER GOING TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE CHAIR OR THE COUNTY MANAGER, MAYBE THERE IS A QUICK SIDE BAR WITH EACH COMMISSIONER TO SHOW THEM THE LETTER AND WE MAKE A DETERMINATION THROUGH THE CHAIR AS TO WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT AT LEAST THEN WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S IN THIS CASE COMMISSIONER BURKE'S DISTRICT IS MADE UP OF GREEN COVE SHE SHOULD HAVE AN IDEA WHAT IS HAPPENING SO SHE CAN DEAL WITH THOSE PEOPLE AND KNOW AS A BOARD WE'RE SAYING YES OR NO TO. AND MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS. MAYBE IT'S COUNTY MANAGER MAKING SURE WE ARE BRIEFED ON THE LETTER AND MAKING A DETERMINATION THROUGH THE CHAIR AS TO HOW WE PROCEED. >> AND THAT VIOLATES SUNSHINE? >> NOT REALLY. NOT IF HE IS SHARING WITH EACH OF US AND DEALING. >> I THINK BEING THE CONDUIT ARE THINKING THAT IS THEONERS- VIOLATION. >> WE'LL LOOK AT THE STANDING RULINGS AND WE'LL COME BACK. WE WERE LOOKING AT THE RULES WITH REGARDS TO PROCLAMATIONS AND WRITING SOMETHING UP AND I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD AND THEN WITH THAT ALSO THE STANDARD RULES AND WE CAN GET THE BOARD'S DIRECTION ON IT. >> DO WE RESPOND TO THEM OR HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? >> WE TOLD THE CITY MANAGER THAT WE WOULD NOT IN A POSITION TO SUPPORT THAT. >> WE DID SUPPORT OR WE DIDN'T OBJECT TO HIS APPLICATION OR HIS REQUEST FOR AN APPROPRIATION TO FOR THE MONEY THAT THEY GOT THAT GOT VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR. ALL RIGHT. [LETTERS OF DOCUMENTATION] WE HAVE SOME BID OPENINGS AND ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES FROM THE MIDDLEBURG CLAY HILL CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE DO WE VOTE ON THOSE. WE ARE AT OUR SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE. [COUNTY ATTORNEY] COMMISSION AUDITOR? >> COUNTY ATTORNEY? >> SO I WILL NEED A LITTLE BIT OF HELP FROM TROY. BUT WE'VE SORT OF HAD A LAST-MINUTE REQUEST THAT HAS COME UP IN CONNECTION WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BE MOVING AS YOU KNOW AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF FURNITURE THAT THEY HAVE PURCHASED BUT WILL NOT BE MOVING WITH THEM. THAT FURNITURE IS ACTUALLY CONSIDERED COUNTY PROPERTY. SO THEY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD AND BE ABLE TO LOOK AT NONPROFITS THAT PERHAPS COULD USE SOME OF THAT FURNITURE. COUNTY IS ALSO USING SOME OF IT FOR SOME OF OUR STAFF. BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DONATE IT TO A NONPROFIT IF THE NONPROFIT CAN UTILIZE IT. WE AND I KNOW YOU ARE FAMILIAR THERE IS A STATUTORY PROCEDURE THAT WE GO THROUGH AND BRING THAT TO THE BOARD. THEY HAVE TO BE OUT BY THE END OF THE MONTH. SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE IS A CONSENSUS THAT YOU ARE OK WITH THEM LOOKING FOR NONPROFITS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN CERTAIN OFFICE FURNITURE THAT THEY HAVE AND THAT COMPLY WITH THE STATUTE AND THEN IF THEY CAN FIND THOSE PEOPLE BRING IT BACK TO YOU ON THE 26TH WITH THE LETTERS THAT WOULD APPROVE ALLOWING THE DONATION. DOES THAT COVER IT? >> THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD BEFORE WE OFFER TO ANY NON-PROFITINGS WE ARE GOING TO LOOK TO COUNTY STAFF OFFICES, CONSTITUTIONALS FIRST AND THEN IF NONE CAN USE THE FURNITURE WHICH IF THEY INDICATED THAT IS [03:50:01] THE CASE WE WOULD GO OUT AND TRY TO LET HEATHER FIND NONPROFITS TO GIVE IT TO VERSUS US PUTTING IT OUT ANOTHER WAY. >> QUESTIONS? DO WE NEED A VOTE ON IS IT? >> WE WOULD LIKE A CONSENSUS THAT YOU ARE OK WITH THAT PROCEDURE. >> I'M OK WITH IT. >> I WILL SECOND THE MOTION IF THAT IS A MOTION. >> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO VOTE. SHE IS LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS. >> I'M GOOD. >> I'M GOOD. >> WE NEED TO LET HEATHER KNOW. >> THANK YOU. COUNTY MANAGER? [COUNTY MANAGER] >> MADAM CHAIR QUICK A FOLLOW-UP AN EVENT RECAP ON THE TRUCK. AGAIN THIS WAS A FREE EVENT IT OCCURRED ON AUGUST 26. AT GREEN COVE SPRINGS FAIRGROUND. NIAGARA CROWDER, GULF, DEBRIS% TECH SPONSORED EVENT. THERE WERE OVER 3,000 ATTENDEES 28 VOLUNTEERS WORKING 190 HOURS. THESE ARE STUDENTS PURSUING THE FLORIDA BRIGHT FUTURES. THERE WERE 28 EXTERNAL VENDORS 15 INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS 51 VEHICLES ONE HELICOPTER AND SIX FOOD TRUCKS. GREAT SUCCESS, FUN HAD BY ALL. WE REACHED OUT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUR TOTALS WERE TOTAL REACH OVER 123,000 AND COMMENTS 1800 REACTIONS. 379 SHARES AND 698 CLICKS. SO REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO TOOK TIME OUT ON THE WEEKEND TO BE OUT THERE. AND REALLY WAS A GREAT TIME. AND NEXT JUST WANTED TO MENTION AGAIN LOOKING AT THIS I WANTED TO AS WE REFLECT BACK YESTERDAY ON 9/11 22 YEARS AGO, TO THANK OUR FIRST-RESPONDERS OUR DEPUTIES, OUR FIRE AND EMS AND OUR MILITARY FOR THIS AND BROUGHT BACK LOTS OF MEMORIES FOR ME PERSONALLY YESTERDAY AND I'M SURE FOR ALL OF YOU. ON THAT FATEFUL DAY. I JUST WANTED TO GO OUT AND THANK THEM ALL. VERY, VERY TOUGH TIME SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'LL LIVE FOREVER IN OUR MEMORIES. SO PENDING ANY QUESTIONS THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP TELLING THOSE STORIES BECAUSE I HAVE A CHILD WHO WAS BORN AFTER 9/11 AND HE HAD TO LEARN ABOUT IT IN A HISTORY BOOK. IT IS IMPORTANT TO TELL THE STORIES. [COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS] THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? WANT TO START? COMMISSIONER. >> I WILL START THANK YOU. COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL EVENT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS THIS PAST SATURDAY. WHICH WAS A CROSS-COUNTRY EVENT. MIDDLE SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH TO HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY EXPECTING 400 FOR THE INAUGURAL EVENT 811 SHOWED UP. OBVIOUSLY WE HIT A NERVE IN TERMS OF A SWEET SPOT FOR FOLKS THAT ARE UNDERSERVED IN TERMS OF THEIR RUNNING AND THE CROSS-COUNTRY AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BE PROCEEDING FORWARD TO PLAN ANOTHER ONE AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO GROW THAT TO A POINT WHERE IT'S THE LARGEST RUNNING EVENT OF ITS KIND IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. AND SO THAT WILL FEED WHAT TDC MONIES ARE SUPPOSED TO DO WHICH IS THE HOTELS AND GET PEOPLE TO STAY OVERNIGHT WHILE ATTENDING THE EVENT AND SPENDING MONEY AT RESTAURANTS AND OTHER THINGS WHILE THEY ARE HERE. THAT IS A COUP FOR KIM'S DEPARTMENT AND THE AIR STREAM VENTURES FOR COMING UP WITH THE IDEA AND PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND SEEING IT THROUGH. AND LIKE I SAID THEY WERE EXPECTING 400 AND 811 SHOWED UP. THAT WAS GOOD. ALSO COMING UP, THIS WEEKEND AT A GREAT LITTLE PLACE OPENED UP IN FLEMING ISLAND THE SPOTLIGHT CENTER A GREAT LITTLE DINNER THEATER. AND IT'S GOT ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT EVENTS AND SHOWS. AND YOU KNOW THEY ALSO SERVE DINNER AND ACTUALLY THEY ARE OPENING UP A TAKE OUT SPOT WHICH THE SAME MEALS THEY SERVE IN THE DINNER THEATER THEY WILL SERVE TO YOU TO TAKE HOME. >> VERY GOOD FOOD, BY THE WAY. >> HOMEMADE. >> IT'S GOOD. >> SOUTHERN COMFORT FOOD IS WHAT THEY SAY. JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. AND FINALLY, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU MY COLLEAGUES FOR WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE ARPA FUNDS AND MAKING SURE THAT IF WE HAVE A SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO GET BEHIND IT AND I THINK WE DID THAT AND WE HAD MONEY LEFTOVER TO PICK UP THINGS WERE TALKED ABOUT BUT WE [03:55:04] COULDN'T MAKE A FINAL DECISION. YOU KNOW, BEFORE I WAS ELECTED I WOULD SIT AT EITHER IN THE AUDIENCE OR AT HOME AND WATCH ON TV AND THINK TO MYSELF THAT THE THE WAY THE BOARD INTERACTS THERE WAS A BETTER WAY. SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD I'VE BEEN HAPPY WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD AT STAYING THAT WAY AND YOU KNOW SURE WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES BUT THAT IS WHAT FAMILY HAS. WE HAVE DIFFERENCES. BUT IN THE END WE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD AND DO THE BEST FOR THE COUNTY. AND SO I THINK WE DID THAT AGAIN TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> THANKS. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDRA COMPERE. >> TONIGHT WE DID RECOGNIZE THE NATIONAL POW MIA RECOGNITION DAY WE PASSED A RESOLUTION AND DID THE PROCLAMATION. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS WEEKEND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE AT THE MEMORIAL A MUSEUM RIGHT OFF OF I GUESS IT'S MEMORIAL PARKWAY. THEIR RECOGNITION WEEKEND IS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS IN PART BECAUSE WE A HANDFUL OF US AT THE COUNTY GOT TO TAKE A TOUR WORKING ON SOME PROJECTS OR WE WERE DOING SOME RESEARCH AS IT RELATES TO VETERANS PARK AND WE ENDED UP ALSO LOOKING AT THIS MEMORIAL AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL WHAT THEY'VE DONE. I MEAN EVERYTHING FROM A REPLICA OF REALLY DEVASTATING PRISON CELL WITH STORIES ON THE WALLS AS TO HOW OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN WERE TORTURED THERE IS A LIVE REPLICA TO EXHIBIT. THERE WERE BRICKS TO SELL THAT THERE IS A INITIATIVE TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION IF YOU WANT TO BUY A BRICK TO COMMEMORATE YOUR LOVED ONE. THEY HAVE SOME AIRCRAFT OUT THERE THAT ARE GOING TO BE THE LIGHTS FROM THE GROUND ARE GOING TO BE TURNED ON AS THEY I THINK SOME OF THESE FRIDAY NIGHT THEY ARE GOING TO DO A 5-8:00 P.M. EVENT. SO IT WILL BE REALLY NICE TO GET OUT THERE AND SEE THOSE AIRCRAFT LIT UP AND THEN OF COURSE, THE OFFICIAL CEREMONIES ON SATURDAY THE 16TH. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO CAN MAKE THAT TIME TO GO OUT THERE IT IS REALLY IS A SIGHT TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY TO COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE STORIES. SO IT WAS A REALLY NEAT EXPERIENCE I THINK WE HAD A GOOD TIME. AND, AGAIN, IT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND SO PLEASE GET OUT THERE. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER RENNINGER. >> JUST CONTINUE ON THE POW MIA MUSEUM OUT THERE. GET OUT THERE AND SEE IT BEING BUILT. IT JUST STARTED TWO YEARS AGO. THE ONLY ONE IN THE NATION. THAT HONORS OUR POWS AND MIA'S THAT NOT ONLY FROM THE VIETNAM WAR BUT KOREAN AND WORLD WAR II AND IT GOES WAY BACK. SO LIKE I SAID, HELP OUT DONATE, BUY A BRICK, WHATEVER. AND TWO OTHER THINGS. ONE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL'S COMPILING A LIST OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. FOR THE REGION. AND I'M TASKED WITH PROVIDING OURS YESTERDAY. SO IF COMMISSIONERS HAVEN'T TALKED TO CHARLIE, TOMORROW I WILL FORWARD OUR PRIORITIES AS I KNOW THEM. AND IT IS ROUGH. BUT JUST FOR INFORMATION, IF ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES IS A LIBRARY, THAT PROBABLY WON'T MAKE THE REGIONAL COUNCIL PRIORITIES. BUT IF IT IS 65 DOLLAR COURT FEES, THAT AFFECTS THE WHOLE GROUP OF SEVEN COUNTIES SO THAT WOULD IF WE CAN GENERATE ENOUGH INTEREST IN THAT REGARD. LAST THING I HAVE IS SIMILAR TO THE POW MIA BUT COMMEMORATING THE LOSS WE SUFFERED DURING 9/11 CLAY COUNTY FIRE RESCUE IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN LAURA PUT OUT A WEBSITE OR A WEB ADDRESS TO VIEW THE VIDEO. IT'S VERY WELL DONE AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE CAN GET THAT ON OUR WEBSITE SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE THAT VIDEO. WE OUGHT TO PROMOTE THAT SOMEHOW ON OUR WEBSITE IT'S EXTREMELY WELL DONE AND QUITE MOVING. WITH THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE NUMBERS FOR THE LAKE AS BURY MASTER PLAN WHEN ARE WE BRINGING [04:00:01] THAT UP? DID WE SET THAT FOR A CERTAIN MEETING? >> WE HAVE NOT SET IT FOR A CERTAIN MEETING BUT I AM MEETING THIS WEEK AGAIN WITH SHERRIES AND BETH TO GO OVER THE NUMBERS AND SEE WHERE WE ARE. >> MAYBE NEXT MEETING POSSIBLY? GREAT. THANK YOU. AND I ECHO WHAT YOU SAID THIS HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE SO FAR. AND IT'S JUST CRAZY HOW WE CAN FIGHT HERE AND THEN WE JUST COME TOGETHER AND IT IS AMAZING BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS WE WANT WHAT WE WANT. BUT YET WE ARE FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY. SO IT'S IMPORTANT WE LOOK OUT FOR EVERYONE. ANYWAY THANK YOU ALL. >> BOAT RAMP. >> LET ME JUST SAY WE DON'T FIGHT UP HERE LIKE THE PAST COMMISSIONS USED TO. THEY USED TO HAVE FISTFIGHTS EITHER HERE OR OUT IN THE PARKING LOT. >> NOT DOING ANY OF THAT. >> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. >> OH, YES. OH, YES, ASK GEORGE BUSH. [LAUGHTER] >> I WOULD ECHO THE SENTIMENTS ABOUT FOR 9/11. MY OLDEST SON LIVES IN NEW YORK CITY AND WE WERE THERE OVER THE WEEKEND VISITING. AND WE WERE BIKING IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN AND WE IF YOU HAPPEN TO LOOK AT MY FACEBOOK PAGE IT'S PUBLIC, BUT MY SON TOOK A PICTURE I AM IN THE FRONT SO I DIDN'T WRECK ON THE BIKE HE TOOK A PICTURE AND THERE'S ONE WORLD TRADE AHEAD OF MY HUSBAND AND I RIDING OUR BIKES AND IT'S POIGNANT AND WE RODE UP ON THE MEMORIAL AND FAMILIES LAID FLOWERS ON FAMILY'S NAMES AND I GOT IF ANYBODY IS FOLLOWED MY SAGA I GOT STUCK IN NEW YORK CITY BECAUSE OF WEATHER I HAD TO SPEND LAST NIGHT THERE AND CAME BACK TODAY AND WATCHING OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN THERE FOR THE MEMORIAL CEREMONIES YESTERDAY, AND GETTING ON SHUTTLE BUSES WITH PROSTHETIC LEGS AND THEY WERE INJURED AND THEY WERE THERE TO COMMEMORATE THAT THEY DIDN'T LOSE THEIR LIVES THE MOST MOVING THING I'VE SEEN. SO I'VE BEEN TO THE MEMORIAL. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO IN THE MEMORIAL. I WILL TELL YOU IT IS THERE ARE PARTS OF IT THAT ARE GUT WRENCHING AND I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. IT MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN I SHOULD SAY THAT. THERE IS NOTHING ELSE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.